Raunaq International Ltd vs I.V R. Construction Ltd. And Ors on 9 December, 1998
In Raunaq International Ltd. Vs. I.V.R. Constructions Ltd., it was held by the Supreme Court that factors like involving larger outlays of public money and delaying the availability of services, facilities of goods like delay in commissioning of power project could lead to power shortage, retardation of industrial development, hardship to the general public and substantial cost escalation are to be taken note of by the court while considering request for grant of interim stay. Some of the aforesaid factors are also present in the facts of the present case. Such factors, in my considered opinion are relevant factors to be considered in a case of injunction also, for grant of injunction in favour of the petitioner would mean that the same could lead to tremendous public hardship and substantial financial outlay in re-doing the
entire work, thus involving larger outlays of public money and delaying the availability of services to the general public. The route map has already been prepared and no violation of the same could be pointed out by the petitioners except for stating that such route would introduce additional risk to the already existing hazardous premises. All the towers in the aforesaid route have already been constructed except for tower No.16. The said route is being laid and tower is being constructed after getting the matter examined through a High Power Technical Committee. The Committee in its Report emphatically stated that alternative is not possible.