Supreme Court of India

Rashmi Metaliks Ltd. & Anr. v. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 17 S.C.R. 345

Bench T.S. Thakur and Vikramajit Sen JJ.

Decided 11 September 2013

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Authorities it was built on

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2001 West Bengal State Electricity Board v. Patel Engineering Co. Ltd. and Ors. cited by 5
1991 Poddar Steel Corporation v. Ganesh Engineering Works and Others cited by 5
2008 Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 4
2002 Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal v. Union of India cited by 2
2011 Glodyne Technoserve Ltd. v. State of M.P. & Ors. cited by 2
2009 M/s. Sorath Builders v. Shreejikrupa Buildcon Limited & Anr. cited by 2
2007 M/s. Puravankara Projects Ltd. v. M/s. Hotel Venus International and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union of India relied on
2021 Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Another v. Emta Coal Limited relied on
2022 Gregory Patrao and Ors. v. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited & Ors. referred to

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