The HC determined that the challenge to the imposition of...

The HC determined that the challenge to the imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) on imports of Styrene Butadiene Rubber from the European Union, Korea RP and Thailand had become infructuous. Respondent No. 2, representing the domestic industry, formally communicated to the Government that it no longer pressed for ADD implementation as previously recommended by the Designated Authority. Consequently, the impugned Office Memorandum remained unchallenged. The Court noted that provisional assessment orders issued by CESTAT allowing conditional release of subject goods must now be finalized without ADD imposition, reflecting the domestic industry's withdrawal of its insistence on such duties. The appeal was accordingly disposed of.