Supreme Court of India

Raunaq International Ltd. v. I.V.R. Construction Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 421

Bench Sujata V. Manohar and B.N. Kirpal JJ.

Decided 9 December 1998

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-lnterim stay in writ petition-Grant of-Power Project Tenders-Award of Contract to a party whose offer was lowest by relaxing the qualijj;ing criteria- Challenge by rival party, not fulfilling the qualijj;ing criteria-No allegation of malafides or collateral reasons in awarding contract-Grant of interim stay by High Court-Validity of-Held, High Court not justified in granting interim stay-Court should not interfere unless there is overwhelming public interest involved or the contract is entered into for malafide or collateral reasons-Relaxation if

Authorities it was built on

1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. cited by 124
1996 Asia Foundation and Construction Ltd. v. Trafalgar House Construction (i) Ltd. and Ors. cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

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2020 The Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. & Ors. v. Amr Dev Prabha & Ors. relied on
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2014 Sanjay Kumar Shukla v. M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Ors. relied on
2013 Maa Binda Express Carrier and Anr. v. Northeast Frontier Railway and Ors. relied on
2012 M/s. Michigan Rubber (india) Ltd. v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. relied on
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2022 Nepa Limited through its Senior Manager (legal) v. Manoj Kumar Agrawal referred to
2022 M. P. Power Management Company Limited, Jabalpur v. M/s. Sky Power Southeast Solar India Private Limited & Others referred to
2021 Uflex Ltd. v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2020 Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Area Planning Authority & Anr. v. Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited & Ors. referred to
2019 M/s N Ramachandra Reddy v. The State of Telangana & Ors referred to
2018 Municipal Corporation, Ujjain & Anr. v. Bvg India Limited and Ors. referred to
2017 Shivashakti Sugars Limited v. Shree Renuka Sugar Limited & Ors. referred to
2017 Reliance Telecom Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2020 State of U.P. v. Sudhir Kumar Singh and Ors. distinguished

Of those, 6 relied on · 1 distinguished · 9 referred to

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