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Airports modernisation: Court admits Reliance appeal

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a special leave petition filed by the Reliance Airports Developers Private Limited challenging a Delhi High Court judgment rejecting its petition seeking cancellation of contracts awarded to two companies for privatisation and modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal and Justice C.K. Thakker said that various issues, including the lowering of standard as well as giving choice in the opening of financial bid for airport modernisation, needed to be examined in detail. The Bench issued notice to the Centre, the GMR Infrastructure Limited and GVK Industries Limited directing them to file their reply within two weeks, and rejoinder thereafter by Reliance and posted the matter for hearing by a vacation Bench in June.

Reliance appeal

Reliance Developers in its appeal said that the questions that arose for consideration in this SLP were: whether it was permissible for the Government of India to unilaterally alter the tender conditions after evaluation had been done, especially when such alteration would operate to the prejudice of one particular bidder, viz. the petitioner in this case.

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