Supreme Court of India
Reliance Airport Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that none of the criteria has been satisfied justifying Court's interference in the grant of contract in favour of the appellant.
Judgment, page 61
From the headnote
Administrative Law: Administrative authority-Exercise of discretion-Judicial review-Scope of-Privatization of airports of Delhi and Mumbai on joint venture basis Bids invited-Evaluation of bids-Constitution of Committee (ECJ-Approach of EC in evaluation being inconsistent with terms of request for proposal (RPF)-Another committee (GETE) constituted-Reports submitted-Two bidders awarded contract of one airport each-One of unsuccessful bidders challenging constitution of GETE-Held, necessity for taking views of different committees was a step towards making the whole decision making process
Authorities it was built on
- 1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2005 M/s. Master Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Metcalfe and Hodgkinson Pvt. Ltd. and Anr.
- 1996 Asia Foundation and Construction Ltd. v. Trafalgar House Construction (i) Ltd. and Ors.
- 1973 Hariprasad Mulshanker Trivedi v. V. B. Raju and Others
- 2004 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Keshav Bahadur and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 M/s. Michigan Rubber (india) Ltd. v. The State of Karnataka & Ors.
- 2011 Ap. Dairy Development Corporation Federation v. B. Narasimha Reddy & Ors.
- 2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors
- 2018 Manohar Lal Sharma v. Narendra Damodardas Modi & Ors.
- 2015 The Kerala Bar Hotels Association &anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
- 2012 Tejas Constructions & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. Municipal Council, Sendhwa & Anr.
- 2011 Mrs. Asha Sharma v. Chandigarh Administration and Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 5 referred to
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