Treibacher Industrie Ag v. Union of India, Through Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change & Ors

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19.08.2026

¶1By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks following prayers: "...a. Issue a writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, commanding the Respondents to consider and decide, by way of a reasoned order, the pending application for a transit permit under the Basel Convention Notification No. AE 25-0036, within 4 weeks; b. In the alternative to prayer (a), issue a writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, commanding Respondent No. 1 to provide any comments to the Petitioner within 2 weeks regarding any concerns about their application, and make a decision regarding the same within 2 weeks from the This is a digitally signed order. submission of such information or documents; c. Issue a writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, commanding Respondent No. 2 to furnish specific and substantive comments/clarification to Respondent No. 1 within one week; d. Declare the continuing inaction of Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 in processing the application as arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India: e. Award costs of the present petition in favour of the Petitioner...."

¶2Issue notice.

¶3Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, the learned CGSC accepts notice on behalf of respondent nos. 1 and 2.

¶4Having heard the learned counsels appearing for the parties, this Court directs the competent authority to treat this petition as a representation on behalf of the petitioner and decide the same within a period of six weeks from date, under intimation to the petitioner and this Court.

¶5The petitioner is at liberty to approach this Court again, in case the need so arises, by way of filing a fresh writ petition.

¶6In above terms, the present petition, along with pending applications, stands disposed of.

¶7The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J AUGUST 19, 2026/zp VS

This is a digitally signed order.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010386682026 + W.P.(C) 11996/2026 & CM APPL. 55686/2026, CM APPL. 55687/2026 TREIBACHER INDUSTRIE AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Muskan Sharma, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, CGSC with Mr. Daksh Bharadwaj, GP and with Mr. Vinayak Aren, Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Ms. Aishwarya Nigam, Advocates for R-1 and R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA