# In the matter of Reliance Communications Limited Vs State Bank of India SLP (Civil) No.19580-19585-2018 Civil Appeals No. 8057-8062 -2018

> SC judgment dated 2019-04-24. Citation: TCN-2019-SC-00078. The case involves a writ petition, special leave petitions, and civil appeals. The central issue…

- **Court:** SC
- **Order date:** 24 Apr 2019
- **Citation:** TCN-2019-SC-00078
- **Category:** IBC
- **Source page:** https://caseease.in/cases/ibc/supreme-court-of-india/reliance-communications-limited-vs-state-bank-of-india-slp-29a0b262

## Summary

### Background

The case involves a writ petition, special leave petitions, and civil appeals. The central issue revolves around whether the requisite payment, as per the court's judgment dated 20.02.2019 in Contempt Petition (C)No. 1838/2018, Contempt Petition (C)No. 55/2019, and Contempt Petition (C)No. 185/2019 in Writ Petition No. 845/2018, has been made.

## Facts

Reliance Communications Limited & Ors. filed a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 845 of 2018 against State Bank of India & Ors. Several connected matters, including Special Leave Petitions (Civil) Nos. 19580-19585 of 2018 and Civil Appeal Nos. 8057-8062 of 2018, were also considered. The court had previously issued a judgment on 20.02.2019 in Contempt Petition (C)No. 1838/2018, Contempt Petition (C)No. 55/2019, and Contempt Petition (C)No. 185/2019, related to Writ Petition No. 845/2018, requiring a certain payment. The key fact is that the requisite payment has been made pursuant to that judgment. Interlocutory Application No. 48446/2019 in W.P. (C)No. 845/2018, W.P. (C)Diary No. 14180/2019, and SLP (C)Diary No. 13666/2019 were also pending.

## Issues and analysis

### Issue 1: Whether the writ petition, special leave petitions, and civil appeals should be disposed of in …

**Ratio:** The legal principle applied is that compliance with a court order, specifically the

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**Reasoning:** The court reasoned that since the requisite payment, as mandated by its earlier judgment

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**Interpretation:** The interpretation is that when a party complies with a court's order,

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**Application:** In this specific case, the application of the ratio and reasoning means that

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## Parties

- **Judges:** ROHINTON FALI…; Vineet…
- **Appellants:** Reliance Communica…
- **Respondents:** State Bank of…
- **Advocates:** Mahesh Ag…; Shally B…; +9 more

## Timeline

- **2019-02-20 — Judgment in Contempt…**: Court passed judgment in Contempt Petition (C)No. 1838/2018, Contempt Petition (C)No.…
- **2019-07-01 — Pending Appli…**: SLP (C)Diary No. 13666/2019 was…

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