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Tata Cellular vs Union Of India on 26 July, 1994
"It is well settled that while exercising
the power of judicial review the court is more
concerned with the decision-making process
than the merit of the decision itself. In doing
so, it is often argued by the defender of an
impugned decision that the court is not
competent to exercise its power when there are
serious disputed questions of facts; when the
decision of the Tribunal or the decision of the
fact-finding body or the arbitrator is given
finality by the statute which governs a given
situation or which, by nature of the activity the
decision- maker's opinion on facts is final. But
while examining and scrutinising the decision-
making process it becomes inevitable to also
appreciate the facts of a given case as
otherwise the decision cannot be tested under
the grounds of illegality, irrationality or
procedural impropriety. How far the court of
judicial review can reappreciate the findings
of facts depends on the ground of judicial
review. For example, if a decision is
challenged as irrational, it would be well-nigh
impossible to record a finding whether a
decision is rational or irrational without first
evaluating the facts of the case and coming to
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a plausible conclusion and then testing the
decision of the authority on the touchstone of
the tests laid down by the court with special
reference to a given case. This position is well
settled in the Indian administrative law.
Therefore, to a limited extent of scrutinising
the decision- making process, it is always open
to the court to review the evaluation of facts by
the decision-maker."
Section 4 in Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 [Entire Act]
Section 10 in Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 [Entire Act]
Article 226 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
State Of Uttar Pradesh vs Singhara Singh And Others on 16 August, 1963
In State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh &
Ors., AIR 1964 SC 358, this court held as under:
Jespar I. Slong vs State Of Meghalaya & Ors on 7 May, 2004
(c) In Jespar I. Slong v. State of Meghalaya and
others [(2004) 11 SCC 485], the Supreme Court
considered grants of Government contracts awarding
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rights to collect tolls, weighment charges etc. and held
thus:
Directorate Of Education & Ors vs Educomp Datamatics Ltd. & Ors on 10 March, 2004
(d)In Directorate Of Education and Others vs.
Educomp Datamaatics Ltd. & Ors. [(2004) 4 SCC 19],
the Supreme Court held thus:
Maa Binda Express Carrier And Anr vs Northeast Frontier Railway And Ors on 29 November, 2013
37. Thus, the law laid down by the Supreme Court
in the aforesaid judgments is that the Courts can
scrutinise the award of the contracts by the Government
or its agencies in exercise of its powers of judicial review
to prevent arbitrariness or favoritism. Further, the
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Supreme Court indicated that interference in the
contractual matters is permissible, if decisionmaking
process is illegal, irrational, arbitrary and procedural
impropriety and it must meet the test of reasons and
relevance.”