Civil Appeal No. 14074 of 2015

Anil R. Dave And Adarsh Kumar Goel, JJ.

P. S. Patwalia, Niranjana Singh, Arijit Prasad, S. A. Haseeb, Anil Katiyar, B. V. Balaram Das For the Petitioner :
K. Sampat, Priyanka Soni, Rani Chhabra For the Respondent :

JUDGMENT

Anil R. Dave, J.

1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2. Leave granted.

3. In view of the law laid down in Civil Appeal No. 2429 of 2015 (Union of India v. Gurmeet Kalra) Reported as Union of India v. Star Television News Ltd. [2015] 373 ITR 528 (SC), in our opinion this matter deserves to be remanded to the High Court.

4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned order is set aside and the appeal is allowed. The matter is remanded to the High Court for a fresh decision on its merits in accordance with law.

5. Parties shall appear before the High Court for further proceedings on January 11, 2016.

6. Pending applications stand disposed of.