Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 468 · Decided 9 December 1998
Raunaq International LTD. v. I.V.R. Construction LTD. and Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 468 · [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 421
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4892/1998
- Decided
- 9 December 1998
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, B.N. KIRPAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B 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 C the qualijj;ing criteria- Challenge by rival party, not fulfilling the qualijj;ing criteria-No allegation of malafides or 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 D entered into for malafide or collateral reasons-Relaxation if granted for bonafide reasons within the
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