Tata Steel litigation postponed, interim protection extended

Tata Steel Limited announced on October 13, 2025, that the High Court heard its ongoing litigation on October 9, 2025, and has posted the matter for further hearing on November 6, 2025. The interim protection granted to Tata Steel, shielding it from coercive action, has been extended until this next hearing date.

The litigation stems from a demand letter issued on July 3, 2025, by the office of deputy director of mines, Jajpur, seeking ₹1,902,72,53,760. This demand relates to a revised assessment of a shortfall in mineral dispatch from the company's Sukinda Chromite Block for the period of July 23, 2023, through July 22, 2024, allegedly violating Rule 12-A of the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016.

Tata Steel had filed a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 22431 of 2025 before the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack on August 8, 2025, challenging the demand. The High Court initially granted interim protection on August 14, 2025, which was subsequently extended on September 2, 2025, and again on October 9, 2025.