Raunaq International Ltd vs I.V R. Construction Ltd. And Ors on 9 December, 1998
33. The Apex Court also referred to various earlier judgments in Raunaq
International Ltd. V. I.V.R. Construction Ltd9, Air India Limited v.
9 (1999) 1 SCC 492
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WP Nos.10901, 10920 & 10945 of 2023
Cochin International Airport Ltd10, Karnataka SIIDC Ltd v. Cavalet
India Ltd11, Master Marine Services (P) Ltd v. Metcalfe & Hodgkinson
(P) Ltd12, B.S.N. Joshi & Sons Ltd v. Nair Coal Services Ltd13, Jagdish
Mandal v. State of Orissa14 and Michigan Rubber (India) Ltd. V. State
of Karnataka & Ors15 and finally concluded that the Courts should not
normally intervene in the decision making process for award of contracts,
unless blatant illegality and arbitrariness can be pointed out. The
controversy before this Court is to ascertain whether there was any
illegality or arbitrariness in the decision making process rather than the
question of whether the decision was correct. In the present case, the
District Diet Management Committee discharged its duty of finalizing the
diet contract in faovur of one diet contractor, thus discharged its duty.
Unless, there is blatant illegality and arbitrariness pointed out in awarding
the contract to any of the diet contractor, this Court cannot interfere into
the matter.