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M/s A. K. G. Construction and Developers Pvt. Ltd v. State of Jharkhand

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Reported as [2026] 4 S.C.R. 331
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 2 April 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the order of termination of all contracts is legal and valid.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the black listing order, in the instant case, suffers from patent infirmities; whether the blacklisting, being stigmatic and exclusionary in nature, can be imposed mechanistically. Headnotes† Contract – Termination – Blacklisting – The appellant, a registered contractor with the Water and Sanitation Department was contracted for construction of an Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR) by issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on 06.03.2023 – During the subsistence of the contract, on 01.06.2024, the top dome of the reservoir collapsed – Department issued a show

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