M/S SMARTCHEM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 26th March, 2025 W.P.(C) 13931/2022 M/S SMARTCHEM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC for UOI with Ms. Pinky Pawar and Mr. Vedansh Anand, GPs and Ms. Kritika Sharma, Advocates. Mr. Anurag Ojha, SSC with Mr. Dipak Raj, Mr. Shubham Kr., Mr. Vipul Kr. And Ms. Garima Kr., Advocates. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, challenging the Office Memorandum dated 31st August, 2022 (hereinafter “impugned OM”) vide which the Central Government has refused to accept the recommendations of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (hereinafter “DGTR”). 3. The present matter relates to the product viz., Ammonium Nitrate (hereinafter “subject goods”) imported into India from Russia, Georgia and Iran. 4. The Petitioner being the domestic industry had filed an application before the DGTR for the imposition of Anti Dumping Duty (hereinafter 2017. 5. The