https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44813 An order passed on an application for interim relief cannot be treated as finally disposing of a writ petition when the wording of the order shows that the merits were left for later consideration. The Supreme Court of India held that the High Court's conditional direction, including payment of the balance amount with interest if the writ petition were dismissed, indicated that the writ petition had not been adjudicated on merits. The direction treating the writ petition as finally disposed of was therefore set aside, and the writ petition was restored to the pending file for substantive decision, with the time for deposit and filing the undertaking extended. en-us Mon, 08 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:57:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44813 An order passed on an application for interim relief cannot be treated as finally disposing of a writ petition when the wording of the order shows that the merits were left for later consideration. The Supreme Court of India held that the High Court's conditional direction, including payment of the balance amount with interest if the writ petition were dismissed, indicated that the writ petition had not been adjudicated on merits. The direction treating the writ petition as finally disposed of was therefore set aside, and the writ petition was restored to the pending file for substantive decision, with the time for deposit and filing the undertaking extended. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 08 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44813