Supreme Court of India

K.D. Sharma v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 10 S.C.R. 454

Bench C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain JJ.

Decided 9 July 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Equity - Suppression of material facts - In the writ court - Effect ot-Held: Under writ jurisdiction which isprerogative, c equitable, discretionary and extraordinary jurisdiction, con- cealment of material facts, would amount to manipulation and misrepresentation - Prerogative remedy is not a matter of course - Such petition liable to be dismissed at the threshold without considering the merits of the case - Such applicant is required to be dealt with for contempt of court for abusing the ,_ process of court - Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 32 and 226. Contract - Tender notice -

Authorities it was built on

2007 A.V. Papayya Sastry and Ors. v. Government of A.P. and Ors. cited by 16
2001 Union of India and Ors. v. Muneesh Suneja cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2021 Shri K. Jayaram & Ors. v. Bangalore Development Authority & Ors. relied on
2021 Smriti Madan Kansagra v. Perry Kansagra relied on
2021 Krishna Lal Chawla & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr. relied on
2019 Abcd v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2012 Kishore Samrite v. State of U.P. & Ors. relied on
2011 Amar Singh v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2024 M/s Bharti Airtel Limited v. A.S. Raghavendra referred to
2024 Kusha Duruka v. State of Odisha referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Laxmi Narayan Das (dead) Thr. Lrs & Ors. referred to
2019 Satyan v. Deputy Commissioner & Ors. referred to
2019 Ramesh Sanka v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Arun Kumar Agrawal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 7 referred to

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