Court decision

The extract discloses only a first-listing procedural order: notice was accepted for the sixth respondent, the petitioners were permitted to serve notice on the office of the Additional Solicitor General, and the matters were posted to 11.09.2026. No decision was pronounced on the legality of the MIP notification or on the interim stay/direction prayers, so no holding in favour of either party can be drawn from this extract.

Facts

Two Chennai-based importers, M/s. Float Glass Centre and M/s. Manchu Industry Private Limited, have filed writ petitions challenging Notification No. 29/2026-27 dated 18.08.2026 issued by the second respondent (DGFT), which imposed a Minimum Import Price on float glass fixed at approximately Rs.34,000/- per metric tonne. The challenge rests on the contention that the Designated Authority under Rule 17 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, by order dated 20.08.2020, recommended continuation of anti-dumping duty on float glass, but this lapsed because no notification imposing the duty was published in the Official Gazette within three months as mandated under Rule 18. The petitioners sought interim orders staying the notification and directing the fifth respondent to permit clearance of goods covered by bona fide contracts, advances, irrevocable letters of credit, or shipments/bills of lading dated prior to 18.08.2026 without insisting on the MIP. By the order extracted, Justice Hemant Chandangoudar recorded notice for the sixth respondent (Commissioner of Customs, Chennai II) and posted the matters to 11.09.2026.

Key provisions

• Rule 17, Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 — Final findings
• Section 3(2), The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 — Powers to make provisions relating to imports and exports.