STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. . vs DEBU LAL MAHATO AND ORS. — C.A. No. 1774/2008

Summary On 27-09-2019, the Supreme Court dismissed two applications (IA 83745/2016 and IA 11322/2017) seeking party addition, impleadment, and compliance with the Court's 05-03-2008 order. The Court held the applications not maintainable, as the underlying civil appeal itself was no longer pending, and decided to terminate the protracted litigation involving land-displaced persons seeking employment—a project completed in 1966. The Court noted that continued litigation decades later constituted an abuse of process and contrary to the original rehabilitation intent. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.