The significant observations came from a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud which ruled that there cannot be an automatic vacation of stay orders granted by a lower court or high court in civil and criminal cases after six months.
The dispute was regarding the maintainability of a miscellaneous application filed by Adani Power, with Dave contending that it could not have been filed as the court had already passed a final judgment in the matter
The committee headed by former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal, had recommended reissue of identity documents to the displaced who had lost them.