Dhanbad Fuels Private Limited v. Union of India
Supreme Court of India2025 EduLaw (SC) 579Bench: JB Pardiwala; R Mahadevan
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act 2015 is mandatory as held in Patil Automation (2022), but clarified that this requirement applies prospectively from 20.08.2022 to avoid disrupting pending cases.