Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 696 · Decided 21 June 2019
Silppi Constructions Contractors v. Union of India and ANR. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 696 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 932
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 13802/2019
- Decided
- 21 June 2019
- Bench
- DEEPAK GUPTA, SURYA KANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12, 32, 226
Headnote
Writ Jurisdiction: Scope of interference in contractual matters involving State instrumentalities - Held: Courts should exercise a lot of restraint while exercising their powers of judicial review in contractual or commercial matters should not easily interfere in commercial activities just because public sector undertakings or government agencies are involved - No doubt, the bodies which are State within the meaning of Art.12 of the Constitution are bound to act fairly and are amenable to the writ jurisdiction of
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