M/S Flemingo Dutyfree Shops Pvt ... vs Union Of India on 19 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court

Karnataka High Court

M/S Flemingo Dutyfree Shops Pvt … vs Union Of India on 19 December, 2008

Author: V.Gopalagowda & Swamy

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:31' tm Ixlvitatizan ﬁn:   issued by R3
033. 26! '?'f20('.ﬁ srida  by-*"w'hich it is aaught to
1-centrist the  Ehnf   tﬁnr

consideration ::f;j_;'b&d§j}  pezrsorm in arhiizrmf.-',
 mq   of Article 14 of the
Cemtimﬁon af  that the award of the
lands: by R3 in fav{:ur5.gf.VFi5  subsequmly zmmubed
mntmct  in  ni 235 for the Retail am 1Z}uty~
Fm in  Departure, the an-mt Duty-
Free at  Intemational Airport am

 declare that the evaluatian of
the  of' by R3 and R4 with map-eat to
the  dm;;---.13ma in the mtermﬁanal

and  at the New Bﬁalnre Inberttzatianal
Airport  in pumuaﬂ of the Invitmzian
dtﬂéi   gat  B is arbitrmy,
 mild ﬁlms}, to ﬁsuc a writ 01' any other
appE"£3}3fr'5ir"i=2??¥..C§i5'i§.!¢:'ti£Jﬁ,  that the dxaciainn cf R3 &
R4 to shartliat only R5429 ﬁar isauamze of the tender

5

 ta wmlnde the pctitiamar from the said list
  an issue the: nenciecr documta In

 the luvitairiam cit.QE:,r' 7] 2005 at A.'C!£C'lJ.t'E-

  respect to the retail axni d:.1ty--ﬁ'ea in the

13.1-itéxfrxatjicnal Deparmre and the arrival du --ﬂue at the
 Izltmnationai Airport cmly be R541'? and

 the pet:1't1oxm* as  ax-@-axy and vicalative of
 ta direct H3 tn» m-imam the tamer with rmpezzt

tea»  retail and duty-vﬁ-as in the International

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iz1'€:m'nat:iona1 Airport Limited 
reﬁesrrad am am 'EiAL'], in which it mfmum
'magnum af tenﬁar  of bids
that the evaluaum of :13  3 Ga 4

with respect as  shop to be

 

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Duty-fr-we at the    313353, 55 m-binary?

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and   from the said rm; and
 dmmxmemts in pumuw cf
 'E12006 with respect ta Retail amt
  the BIAL as mama supra is ax-briizrary,

  violative of A:-m1c1e 14 at the

 of India and dit-action to mupondem. Nana

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reﬁermd to in this cu-tier with 5 View   the

 

wank! arise for our   In
ordar to support and ﬂoater  of
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Emma Comm 1 - of Emma"
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the:  in particular umam- the ammo;
nf fa'mpondez11:-A.A.I, the ELAL 

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 taken only with the approval at' the:

  Bodies and substantial mprmentatinn an

 of Directors mm the Goxmwt mrainem

 there ﬁar &r:tive functioning of EJAL. It in stnmd

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Goxam-nmnt in wrmeka of im arnirxerzigw 

The BIAL has been pmmahed  
respondent having sm:ﬁ' ' cant addiﬁoza

to thia with’ X31330 am! r~el:n,%

refem-ad to supra with a vim? the mw

. mhmnaﬁoml Airport Union af India

has wanted ezmluaive to BIAL to
carry out mmmzmion,
oporatinn anti Airport for a pmiod cf
an yam. On the mcimzing Airport
has to aviation eperation and
any not be developed or up-

Airport ‘within 15:: km of
mm yearn.

of Ixtatixh ind imn mnuesskru

and its apmatinn. The Govmi cnf

has amended amrwal mmaasiona to it by

large men: :31″ miculmx-a1 lands for the

afa new Airpart. It in also the me of rm

H that hath Umlttm of India and Gowwmm of

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Earnamim. haw ewztxmdead varixms ”

mmmim in favour ofBIAL kaeping mm
of projwt: undmarm by it. that
max. is a. ‘State’ within the 12 of the
Comtittxtisan of zndia to writ
;1’1nsd’ i:::t1’nn at’ this 225 Consﬁmﬁnn
of mag. It as mum ‘being the puma
body is aischmm’ chumm, far this
rmm am it the writ jug-jgdjctign,
rm ‘n is act ﬁaiwlys rmsonably

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in a

publiahmd an imritatzion on
25; mm in satting up Retail Duty-
frw “i5’sad and Bwaraga busimas Within
the pemons wlm are iniae.-renter} to abtain

ta wt up ma duty free mtail

inside the airport were invited to put
proposals. It is mm by the BIAL that it

in granting mnxzassian mntrracizs an

sharing basis and it mum in turn cbtain
fmm as. person to whom a duty-ﬁ’w mmiling

nu:-nuns-r–u-an-u uururuu virtual ‘II I\l’lllI’l’IIl’II\I’I l’II€l”l \-IIIIIIII yr BHKWJCIHKH HIGH ‘cw
“3’. gym’… ya can-|-|I’rIIl1I1ru natural véwunu —u :1-unmur-suruuu-1 :uu—nu —rib!!! CI

wntra-ct would ban awarriad. Tm -‘

be an pamez1mge 9f the $31 of the
persean -aarryhm taut to the
airport authority. The cam:1’ac:t
for a period of me date :5!’
the Airport with an to amend
the same by amtm invitation haa set
out twt: phanm cant:-ash Tim £1-at
amp inwlmd ﬁ’om imxmwa
Pﬁrﬁﬁ: T5311 the number of

of pm-tiw ﬁzz’ ttm

phase mun’ hm ixsmuance

of in be ahort-I’nte::1 and
aubmittad by the partiw

mare roqu1md’ -no aubmit 3.0.1 by 2521:

41912006 and the same was required to be
by 25] 10! 2006. It was expxmly mermitmed
purpose of tha pro-cmua was to asrmble the. BIAL
in stramgic retail, ﬁned and ‘wvmwage parmrs

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an the basis; at’ tz-amparency and not

purpcst: crf mung 3.0.: was of
ﬁve parties for each forms
wcukl be ﬁsued to ant}: to suci;V’V’5f ahvrm.

listed. It 73 the that 2:1 the
imritatian, it am not as-itma on the
basin caf which 3.0.: broadly. It is
stated by it pa:-mm with wt
and mmmﬁaml Au’:-pa:-t mtmlmg’ ” , strung
relatimn as wall ea domestic
racord in pmucxmg’ ‘ qumy
in the deﬁned of paclmgea.

am! expected by it that
and an mam-mmaug ca the Indian
%%%% mdsme that it was looking at.

with aatpsxéeraoe Em duty-free in India.

” ‘ It 53 the case of the peﬁﬁonw that it apex’-ates
shops in 119335 Iﬁna with 25 5-hnpa

arrival and ti-sparture terminah across
am” ms in mam’ .

-uquuw-u v- IIl’Ii§l’l”I¢l’1I’l’l Iuwll Iulnlillll Ill’ !’I!’Il|i’Il’|Il’\I\l\ “I931 ‘I

company mm and opmwahea
hcatians in UAE, xmya, Burundi,
Srrilanica and in main. has «mm in
Jsbel Mi Free Trade as in Nairobi,

Kenya and mr~Es-

6. It ‘it; that it has well
mtabllalzﬂ ed warehouum at Mumhai,
crmnai %.:amch act as distribution

nrmzmez’ kuczatinms and it has got a.
internatinnal lognhtic centar in
ﬁlmlgza it in gett1ng’ t::::n¥aa:ner’ loads

or cut’ any product in the least possible

7′. The petitioner anbmad into consortium

with A.E.R.I, which is a company
under the hm af mm with a w.-aw’ to
contract fmm BIIKL far runuitg duty-Ree ratail

shape» in the kzibwnaﬁonal mm’ rt. The mid

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‘£3

casampany is a dedieaﬁul international

mum an-pan Autlrarity, which was duty-
time mmim busirmsa in the am
in ﬁxui duty-free absnp at in
the gm; 194731: hag EOE J an the
trade. Im remit 2306 was in
exam =01″ 9’30 mﬂlion in four
gecmaphical Enmpe, Russia
and ms am. L. waged in Airport
up-e.-ratzians at Dzusaeldnrf, Larrmca,
Hamburg

has got ‘mat
dutywfree retaih1g’ buaineaa at
Ammwa: and Lutﬂcnow Airports,
its btmineaas in Airporm of
Hydm-amd, Ahammlabad, Calicut,

and many. After purtmpamag in the
by the AJLI, it has asmsrged as an
temimr. It is the am pa-mm free retailer in
Aaporm and seapom. The afamaki mats are
In show cm the peﬁtiouner c:ampax1y rm got vast

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nun uuulu ‘UT Ivamv-In-V1 —V” V’–” ‘-‘* ‘- ‘”””–‘

mpenuenoa ‘m India in the trade.

tn submit its bmdm-s tn get a mtaii both
at the departure and ;;;:e:s:1zf BIAL.
‘Ihereihre, it is «stated that the
mmned mquimmt .a,sx_M§set 3.2 of the
tender invimuien and partner w-«em
cmamzy’ zawbh tr; mue It has
bona ﬁde be ‘named imldar
documamts and tier: in this
it be-im issued tender
E.C).I me of any dmwmn at’

the ?Lsm.d:er– dncummm no it.

2066, it was ahoclmd 13:: learn mm

the a deemed’ an issue tsndaar

to mpondenm 5 to 9 wha had also

along with the paﬁmm. This implied
wrmu not be iusuing tandem’ ﬂozxumnnm
wccluding the petitinnzar fmm eumpetitinn. The

L» vmtum pm-mar af tba peﬁt.:’e:>nm’ addmaaa, E-mail

1-t, 4th and 15% September ‘.2006 awning its

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aurprim With’ a requeat to mnsidmf

by it. it has mt bem1 mde lmnwn for its
eitchmicm fmm the tazndar
documents only he it has
urged that the entire; «bf by BIAL for

grant of mrmion duty-ﬂee

1-«amil basin’ ms in thus and arbitrary.
Ihﬂﬁfﬂm» 3″ 5 .53. “E1 to m:stam.’ If a

quanmtaon for tsmiderers, than the
such pm-wan:-c ought to
have c:t’i~hm-ia to be mm: by
aubmimng the mnam. The
and £1; «taught to have been
and it should have been
the pmspecrtive bidders so as to ﬁnd

ﬂmy wvcmld be elﬁhle or not. when such.

laid, the my prc-qualiﬁcaubn iaelf could
arbitrarily applmg so in ﬁvtmr sf

playaam in market mm aemrcluda <m1:ain ether
In the Ehsmce ar the <n"mm'ia span mt by the

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BIAL for ma purpose of short-twang, it

ﬁvas .a.rbit1'ary diam-awn in pink
thcreby dcepriving eligble tn gat
the cant:-act awarded. ' supra,
expwian ""'c:vemtmm' at
the Indian in the texxder
inviztation abvioualy to sxpeﬁnnee in
ha11d1mg' duty-frag India. As such

c1:..:ty~ﬁ»ee man is \ciiﬁ'e:re:nt n-am damaaﬁs

remil business.

110.5 what is 9.

mt mwt broad. witmia as set
but invitatizm as the EJDJ anbxxaitted
by it it has mm a pm-tmr with the
mam Frivaha Limsmt which has

a§3so1ute;j1’j}”””‘§ic: merrisnae in oarryxm cm duty fret:

in any Airports in the mummy, the

mrmer proposed by it alas: «:2-Inca mt mm

expené mm. ‘i’her$re, the E.O.I aubmﬁtbad by

not meet the mqtzirmmzt of mmﬂtmmt ta

and uzadax-atandirxg of the Indian Canaumer, which

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$5 the raquixmnt notiﬁer! in the

also the 6&1 rmpoudmt daaau mt as it
has 21:: dutyv-ﬁes retaﬂ – ” ‘

Iﬂ
aw far as respondmxts ‘? &a 8 lmnwledge
of the patitimmr, it is qgam the time of
submission mi” their have any tie up

in India. Se is comcrned, it :3
stamri that it is cut any duty-free retail
buasmss Airport. It is furtlmr
stated the mpm-1% of £1 jpara-on
with mtmll blminess in mm
purpose as it wcuuld aasuxnn
warm and private players

aﬂowed m participate only my rac:m1tly. To
ma:-ma, tha preferzread choice: waula be
mm havhmg mpexm in dwling with
‘I’he<re:ﬁom, it is stated by the patitiancr
E.£?}.i umm by the peﬁtiaxim in txmjuncitinn

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with Anrﬁianm is the only am

xwaqtzi tn as it has and
umieratanding of Indian maem
eazrzam» buzz-cad ma $1 m: and
'mtamaticanal in an-om
relation and ama to well as dommic
brands and a mum providing quality

servzce' 5 11".! im that the pmcneaa

of asawsmnt caf have zmbmitt-$6 E.C).I,

BIAL has not mmmunicaﬁon to the
petitiornmf on tha short-listing.
The adapted and applied with a
View from the fray mm'
mﬁy allowed to bid, it would have
the M new the nwntzmct by oﬁ?ezj'21g beat

"M311&1: is ﬁmher aﬂaged that Zurich" Au-port'

a ahare.1'1o1dm* in the BIAL awmg 17% mi'

'I'he 49* respondent is the parsan
far the: tendar pa-0% who was an umployee
H Zurich Airport Authority ﬁll he was appoﬁed in

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15*

BIAL. He was brought into

damn of 4:21 raIspnndant- it in
app:-ehendnd that the 4:»:
plaﬁ In the
with whom he had nppormnxtj ‘ mfg the
in-:1iar1 markwat, this my the am.
{for not beim pm-was for
awanzlhmg con13’ac1i. was earlier a
unit 6!’ SAIR, by amen Airport. It
is mum’ an hmizusma at Zurich

Airport. wcperﬁanene with thus: mama

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markset buginm, still :1; has new
of tender dmummm in
cf awarding contract in
this “n a ezzoncluded case of
The 531 reaapondant. has hem

an actzount of the abame femurs, thaw.-eby

3 & 4 have tlms chscriminateci the

. and the action of the 4:2: reﬁxlmndem; is minted

mla ﬁdcs am! lmal malice. ‘I’hm-efora, short-
thﬁ Pﬂmom win have aubmiﬁ E.O.I,, 5155115-“38

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iﬂlfl B993! VI” BIIBIUDIIFIIIIS Illw-Is vvuwnn wt

wmier to rmpcoxzclmts S ta 9 and awancging

ﬂee ahnp mun-act in favour of the 5*’ 735 not

lagal and valid am the mm

12. The mm: med ma

8011131351′.

13. me: A.A.I 3.5:. Sena we
Sri Blmbadeb sang, in 9.3.1, Bangazxm
ham ma an aescxmd mapondsactat
mud “ma in tha in a fnrmai party has the
petitien. has bean claimed by titan
respondent, at para 5- it is
my insmliatinma mad
of Air Track swim (ATS)
Navimatinrn Survsilllamva

(CNS) Manmammat (ATM) wrvim am] it

far nﬁammn of the mid smﬁaitzes and
are: mamlatorily raquiwd to be. provides?!

14. mm at para 7 it is stated that, it has no
in the day to day ma of BIA}… The

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dmiaizam which mquire the appmvaz

B-IA}; am dhcumad and aim! by the
amend rmpémdcnt. it had two
reprwmtimiea on the to
pacrrmtage :91′ equity in tha
aharehaldm submitted
that megjmrity at the arse: {mm the
privmse mms Wsavm majority of the
ahaxeholderra

15. only mac:-wed matters
as A
are berm tlm Board of am. if

‘gjsf the sharehnklm-5 :

mach before it, the am will he
means’ of the max. providecl that am
zsmzne arﬂ not advemaly the

intarwt, F’u:rthse:ar ﬂ. is stated that tha

&’sqI.mliﬁmtin:r1 {If the peﬁﬁonm wan

and pamd by ths Board of the Directors

Thi, the 3ﬁ’:£Jnd.I’%p0I1d»&IIIt was nazaitftzer

Em the deaision prams by am. nut :mgardmg’
3: the peaanner in the tender mavens.

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statemaxxt Bf munter trmaaraixg ﬁne
mm aka mntmdmg that is mt
mainmmme mm: the 2: ‘Same’
as: inst:-umtamy :11′ e5 mam diacharm
public: duties liar 12 cf the
Comtitution an’? India to: of this Caurt
under arms 225 of mt India. F’urthm-
it is aontezmed ohjwaom that as per
the request I)imctm~ of the
petitinnm} mat hm an 12;’ 91′ 2006,
which E-Mail sent by the business
Mamgm of A.E.R..I, which
is at’ the petitioner with whom it
BIAL. In the amid E-Mail it has made
it mapem ttm dwisiau. talram by BIAL

its exchmimn of the c:ormorti:un3, ou1m’s’ting of

ﬂxarafore, the petitionexr would have m

Emma to me this writ petxt3sJ’ ‘ n and mm it in

AE.R.I-parmar of the mnaortiwn is not a

‘m rm peasmn, for this mm alw am

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peunonar alone new no new smncu

mm. of the am. mm it is swim: writ
petitim is alas liable to be af
suppression sf malarial of
matmial dowmmats. It -an pwuaal
of the pmvhiam of Agjt’
(]x:rm’na1’t2:r in short mm (3.01:
dated zaxezfgcaog the BIAL and Smite
promatwa am: that BIAL ia
mat a Mm refs 51? of the

Comymtﬁm baan either established

at any kw ﬂamed by aaitherr
the Legislature. Undm’ clause
9.14:1) the Dirwmrs xepmemmg rm
the majcxrity, as par chase 9.2£v:’i]

<31' all clmmam am in be talmn by a

af the Board of Dimdtara and as per

& (iv) ef Clauaa-9.1 at the mid

the ' Director of am; 'm mm' of

am;-5 mminabed by the prhmm

pramotws claws not have any

Hmvm, Ciause-Q2 of the 3.3.5 clear
that the mrma 0f the a
" between the clause
7.4 of 8.1-1.5. providw to iaduct

managamsmt er

1?. into a Caucasian
ta aa 'cm dated srh «July
2094 cm Aviation, t cf
India, 3 at Clause-3.1 sub~c}m.me-
3,1,1 has got eatczxlusivve right and
out development, design, ﬁnancing,

caon31:r11c::tﬁ§§#éj3:i'§" afacarﬁm, maizltenam, operation

of the airport. From the: above said
it is my char and unambiguaus fact that

is r1m"th.ar an agmcy or imrrummnzy cf the

5: {}.0..K in mm of Arﬁcln 12 rafﬂrm Gomiituﬁon
in mew' of mtmxaum 3.1.: gr Arms' 15 3 of cm.

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— ..– .._.—.- –. …–… u-“nuns uuvu Ian-rial-an va zu-uniu-In-uwl nlwn uvunl VI’ nnluuunnn IIIUII I-UUII Ur ﬂﬂﬁﬂﬂlﬂﬁﬁ ﬂliaﬂ LUUKI UP IRKNAIAKR HE?” C

In View of the natura cf the abmm

pr1v11ege5′ ‘ gsantaed tn BXAL for cf

dmmlcpmaat and V’

required 13:: be and
ﬁcilitﬁa for w ‘ award
of duty-ﬁee shops cf attnr-may of
the Company Tm with the Manager or the
*3°mPm’-‘Yr m ..’..e.._ it garment dechixn
in the Having mat to
CA, the partake that characttar af
as Cuatcmn, Imm1pE’m:.’u;:n,
mm! Naviwtinn s4az’v7m to
11:»: mlevam authority namely, (G01,
AM, of Civil Avtiatiaxx, Emma of Civil

am…) only and mat by am… As per

Prnvinﬁzn of CA, sub-clause-10 of

am to an-llect airport chm-gea and

in the rsature af m but it has no

tn mliest tax. Umm Arm 10.4 <:~fC.A, max.
is Iiabh ta make mm: of tax mm relevant

—a anew-u -:-

I-UUIE Ur WNRIHBH I”Il\II”I \¢\i’\l!\l VII nruniutmaruuww uuuuruu -v-unu w- .-u———– –

Iaws applicabic tn it. ‘l’h¢refm*e. it in

t&1:, it daum not exnmww” artgr
functioma as par the (LA the
. As per of
Arme.13 of the cm. _it of the
rathm tkmn public 131′ aota and no

swam’ mm’ unggr ‘~ by the G0! in

mapect of pm V
relation m cm. it is evident that the
as ccntnmplate in any
of wuamigzzm. ﬁzxu-tiara of the
work cf dasignixg, ﬁnancing,
ar the airport has Mm
that wtmld. be carriexi can is in the

uf commercial nature: in uansocziatinn with the
namely A.A.I ma xsmzx: both ‘aogather
only 25% cf the share hnlding of the 3131,, As
3.3 «of Ax-a’c1e. 3 or (us. mg,a;-ding pagpmt of
fee by the max. m <30: which clearly

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__ _____ ________ _______ __ _'__""',._.,.m,, "n," 99""; gr gggggugrgxg ﬂlc-EH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH 4

iudimtea the fact that it is not om-zymg'
any m function and that
there is no mastmf and eithum

hetwn the Central 91- and the

empzaym at am gov-maea by

service rules of the Central

01' Smtm Government. (sf time afonwaid

aspects, it is amped that it cannat be

earmtmocl to be imtmmnntality at a

State in mm of rm purpose af Article

226 af and thsezrefom it has

mnmdaéé. is liable to be ammzmd

at aimmmamm ' bility.

urged by the pcsttiltioner that Croli
pmm support m BIAL under 5.H.A is
The WK tmde.-r the Smte Support

[herei% in shm-t mﬁszr-red 13:: as 5.3.3.)

pmidea loan as Em. which is repayablx:

accsrdance with the pmviaims of the

it has an way aummiam fumnmd the
‘A gram. Tiuelandmﬁenadm bythe petitionerirl

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the petition is mneemed, the KSIIDC

datad am April 2035 pmvided land ﬁn-
exzmstruction at’ the airport on of
39 ymrs mind it contzimxes tn the land,
rm ownmhip righm are ;I1.ne1~e:fore, on
the grant at land by to BIAL
cit be mrnuued ‘ ‘ or
imtrumentaiity of Artick;-. 12 for the
purpose sf Article Canstitutinn of India.

Therafore, pmﬁon is iiablt: be be

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nxa mew an the g;munr1 of is

19.” submits that in the CLA, it
is mizabxe duty free tshogx and other
ama::ntzm’ ‘ a1rport’ . In this ﬁrm’ raf tha matter. it

3.0.1 by 25; 7129135 in respect of ﬁve
mmmea sf (:3 remil pat’.-lmge and an
amaze-W [F & my Paclmgel, F & 13 Paclmge 2

B Paclcagca 3. Clause. 2.4 at’ the E01 death with
aspecm. Under clause 3 of the 3:31

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seLe<:tLa' ti procma was dcterj" . In

it is made very claar am the
prozrms was busing adepwd Mof E.O.I
that maximum fiwae (5) parties after
reaeiving Bola. :1; is im%ggm was me of
the parties who am retail
pa-clmgv-I which in the

ouﬂsats in the acne. At the time

of submitting ECSI, mt' raise an abjectiun
about rwrd ta» ahnrtv-Ii.al:ir1g of
it in not open for it tn

turn the same in this writ petzitinn.

ﬂxrther submim that purmmnt to

that ‘fhr EC}Is., intaﬁy sever: comparzhs

301$. on fair and jlmt evaluation b-aim

the E01 of petitionm atnang «others was
ethm rmnairﬁtg ﬁve csompanim were short-
aubmiasion of mudmws. The conﬁrms’ :1 of the
that it wan not aware of the dwisinn of the

of shxtart-Fntixg the pemam to wmm tender

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_- ..— ..–w unit:

ﬁammcmm wmuid. be: iasuad as» no

mdza m it and mm decision was the
magma: Em ciearl5.*ix1::20rrc~ct It has
delibarately mppmm the making
such an awrm¢~mt in ftlm peﬁthnot
was inramm by imalf wrdmg
than dmisian an time time letter was
writm by the -4&3″ name date. 011
1/9:20:35 the of the pe’£:iI:inn.ex’ has
mm to the 4&2 hm am re—look
irate thus stated that having rmard
m the E015. made by the BIAL,
for Tnauance cf the mldm’
ethcr ahart-Hated member in
by the BIAL in not qualiﬁed for
Tm aﬁorcaaid daciaian has hem

at by BIAL an 5 criﬁml appmciation a{ all the

aapacta. Thmefom, them has been no

ma.” hm on ins pm as alleged 2-,: the

W the entire. pmwas ms been transparent and k

, _ .. car:-ﬂed taut as per E6}. Suhmiaaitm. of E01 by

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IITII ETXIII if !Vl”lIIl’l”IlltII|nu I-

the patritiomr Without raiaing any

muting ciausa 3.2 of E.(3..I car the

criteria as allgaci by it at ”

‘ is mt tmuabla in made
agam-at the rwp011+;!a:3ntsh3 8a 4 for ﬁns:
tiw 1m an after {mt a case ﬁat
gm: of time mam ‘then-eﬁom, the

allagaﬁnna made w awn’ 1: thm is

misconmived, bk: ‘3: law. F’1n’t’mr
tlm aﬂegatinm Writ Petition has hem

d’em$ed as sand unfolmdad. The 4m

any peraunal imtm-est
in the matter of awarding
majar in the ctthczr concwaions for the
an on behalf cuf BIAL, the world largest

handling company, E-‘mﬁmspacrt from E§w?%land
gmum wmpany bwmd in
am. Aviation, bath applied £01’ a mmmahn and
sclectmtl. Accxzrdirug to respondents 3 & 4
is damn by the max, and not by the 4»:

IIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA I-RGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT O!’ ICAINATAKA HIGH COURT OF i(A!lNATA1(A I-HG!-i CD11!!! or nnlcluunnn I-uurl I.»

reapondcnt akam and further mm

suhmim that he was mat in ﬁamuf as
aimed by the petizmar and he was
an Olayee of Zurich has 3.
ground for castmg aagggnaions In fact,
zurizh Airpart ‘m ‘M 5*”

respondent company ca” not it has any
sister company any major
ownmhip in 5th rap-ancient aim:
20:31 is fully by two Imlian public
mm that: am mponam: is not
m mttraneoun mmideratbna
pmma as alleged, he balm Chiaf

of the am, his only aim and goal is

tn of ixlmrnatizmal atandard by germ’ in

ylayex-3 in rmpective sectors. Om, it is
the all-agatinms made againat the

3 & 4 are unfounded, haaelma and deuave

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…..-u “up” even: vr IIcl”|ﬁl’l”II!|.l|fI HIV” |

dermad as unfounniesad and baaalms $125-t<:%c1§"L

that the 3:333 aim af having such a
was adopted to males sure alum
awarded majcr mxwsions. selection
has hem mmt ummpmqyt and arbinm-y
as alﬁ, innsuppxart the BIAL
has produmd xerox to R8. Tm
rmpandenm havam aha statemmxt of
objactnions aamn facta :18 has

baen urged in the ofm11m~.

22. has Butnzaithed rejoinder
tz’a-wmmg the aw:-mum
made couzmaer filed by relpondemm 3
35 4.. raquired ta be referred an in an
order nxatluing but 1-ﬂmattinn cf their pha
talm writ petition with rermnoe to the

The 5*?’ raapondant has mad ‘as atatuezrnm sf
1719:2097 just1t3;mg’ ‘ the,» pmom adopted in
af slmrt-listing and a;wardmg’ contract in am

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favour, it has aubmttasad that tag

djmbled ta make the jmammn it is
furtmr suimmm that, if,
wars mmiéerad and of
mxmr and exclusion of gwa;-sa result in
mat hm-dalxip, not only he
the ram rmpondcsxlt, but it wauld have
ta pay huge mpondem in the
exam: of non intmnaﬂanal ahpart
within the also City of swam;-a
and India be put to shame in tiw
project is not completed.
an behalf of the reapandent
No.9 contending that ahheugh ﬁve
aftm stage of E.C).I, manly tum
partmlaa “” 5131 rnwpenxieant. am! the amwering

aublnittxad final ma, aftm submission of

was ﬁnally awarzzled to 5%: mpondmn: by

rejectizm 1113 bid of $3′ reapozxdent. It ‘3 fnlrtlm

that it is given to undaratand that the bin}

by the said 1’H-zpnndent was rated nmrt aﬂer

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the bid subaaaitmd by the 531

dmlamd suctzamaﬁxl. F’1.u°tl1er it has fault
with the cn’tet*1a’ mowed with m; of

E.Q.I, as it dam mt prmcribe

rmrd to the the it has
supported the wse nf same line as
has hem mama by it in It is cbngatory
an the part of the mt only an spell
mat in detail the for mmhzatien of

whether’ ixnplemanted while

evaluatixlg submitted by the warm.

respoudenm No.5, ‘2’ & 3

cieapitae in the pm-qualﬁcation
mund, to parfmipatae in the mder proczmm
for tat: them. Evemtually anly two
lmft for evaluation and selscﬁon of rmpcxndmut

reapondcm, No.5 and rmpondcm 1149.9

im other muntaer part Alpha Airporm Gmup.
Tm mated that with ward to the nature :31′ the
which are bamg amusmd to it by the ﬁrm:

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I!’\”| uﬁsu -l\iI.tI|..|’|Iu|.l-n ld\ put-:4-nu-. …-u.-.. ….. -.. .- ..-.-

—-_w –.w.- urn:-rs-n rs III-IIInIt1la”IEIl’I IIl?lI ‘Q1

II-was ttwvulu was uwuuuovnuuusu

rwpondcnt by entering into the ” ~

which are stammqr ﬁlzactinne, it is an of

a ‘Smte’ as deﬁned undasr n

aflndia. In 11:73 mam, it if the
Pﬁﬂﬁomr statmg’ mm’ are not

wqmred’ 133 be advex’ned”f

25. Cm the g and the nva1′
legal e~*.;~nt¢n%ian§;” of the parties, the

1. and dutim
ma BIAL am
dun’-as and whether ‘:9 it
Articb 12 of tlw
of India?

2, nature uf duties perﬁormed
the International Airport and
Gﬁéivgtién afﬂghta is a statutory’ ﬁzrwdon
“”u.=m3.e:’:’:’ Swticn 12 of Airport Auﬂmrkim

13131. is ammablc to writ
jurhdiction under Article 226 01′ the
..,.__m1.(3ans’titu1:ioI: ﬁat 115:-ﬂew?

Whether the petiﬂoxcssear haa ‘got locus

atandi tn me this writ petition and the

wnt’ peunaon in ‘ ‘ blue?

5. Whmﬁwr the ;:vetiﬁ’onm’ has
waimdl amq’meed im ﬁght having
participated in the aelmction $3?

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5. Wnemm» the mm rmtixg as

abaernm «sf any guida liw “the: hefi.~.=,_zt’

ampxwassinn af iximraest £3

?. Wrmthm” the -wrm~;*.:T:m5′ af aﬁigiﬁhzjawaﬁsm
pawer by the B§AL*;for tender
dmmmnm in 5 tr:

93 by a}w1’1;*-tfmtsixg amgmng’ ‘
raamm far this pctiﬁoxxm £3 lma}
favnur of 5% iiésjjsimal and xmlixi

8. %t}1a5r ﬂlS31:Q!_.’J_.:.:=Eii’.i’.§£’ thﬁ award of
of…-=5% rmponﬁent has

‘9. of ﬁppertzaxﬁtyr m ﬁﬁer
‘tgzin the: 9″? rmpament

by this Court?

‘ mm pomm are mtwmmmd and
mmidmeﬁ g 311$ ﬁenior

coumé§i”‘§§iE.v’§’mod Babacie, rm mm petismm mbmmecx

mmmm and dam mmmm to BIAL ta

the aimlﬂrf. miduar St-::’;*hn®r:”1 12[3}{aa) of the

Authrsrity af India am, 1994» (in 3139:’: mrmaa

‘A.A.I..A” m; m wnam ah’ Haﬁz: $er’arm’ and

aemrim as warm xzzmer Swtizzen Etc!) & (e3 af

FGH COUR? OF KARNATAKA HIGH COUR? OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH CC

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me A.A.I.A Act an statutory

zaaapandentn Ha placvmi reliance upon
Bemh decision or an Apex %V%i97.-my
am 421 in the me of VI.

nmammm, mm Jucgge of the Apex
Court reporhed in case of EDI!
use gm Judgm decision in
mmm? mam: mmmm
m’ aﬂoat. mpamhed in (zoom 5
$66 111. at’ the Apex Ccurt
wpomd @ am: pm. 15211953) 1
ac: vu. sum or trrmn
sex 377 in the case of

or man ea ans. In support

l%11hm358′ ion, be pressed inilaq, .ﬁ._a;;~r,1’%Fl£:J.’ “the

deeiaiana of thm Apex Cmlrt tn jxmtfy his lagal

N that 11:13 nature of fanning’ zcmldutiw

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— ….–. -_– —– — -wuss-:1-ruin’ cannula ivilillil \II” I\l’lill’f|ll’II|l’| I’ll?!’ Q93″ ‘Jr WMIW ‘

ﬂzlerefcre it is a ‘State’ in harms of of the
Comtitution mi’ India far ‘
jtxrisdicﬁon of this Court of the
Comtrimtion of Indi.a:-= I

All! 1995 an 1311 mu. caumtu
mucamox E manna em. out as at
up 1&0, pa:-u 36-2? at gay ‘Iﬂ1;:;””

1939(3) we em run J.§r, $3, 13:35.9: em-«rm run.
an at 33.701 amwm aw
gunman swans; JAYAIITI
HAHGTILV “ll. ‘V.I..II..IUD,l.I’.’l i.

saw mu I. mm. 20051153 act:
65?

an vs. mom or mm a
ms. Paras :41-as @ 1»; 632-503

Pxivutek iimctiulu uldn ta yubﬂe

ac mfg], 4.1:. 3%” 390;

Volume .I,E.§%uviIaed inns). Pg. 116 para 59
3UR’!”%’ Vi. ‘WlI:MlHﬂ”I’@’ PAREG AU’Iﬁ0mTY

a mum.” A1′ ac.

mirror (1955; 15 L.na.:m.a-rs @ aw,

van. nmmwmzwu nmam co. 11974149

m: 477 (pa Douglas J, dial-unﬂng. @ 43:, m,

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27. Further the Iaamed
the fI.n::u:t.iom which are mag mm.
are pubﬁc mncw I Section
12 cf the A.A.I.i’-‘4. Aer. within the
mm’ of Article 12 gr the of India and
therwre, it is of this

Court: under mam 22:5

28. Thus rebutwd by learzwd
Senior Comlael mu-my on behalf of
mpomxem an upon tbs decﬁsian
of in manta) act: :11 para: 7
& 3 Kuzmar Biawaa. He aubmim
Judges; Apex Court and having md to
the case, particularly the share mum

BIAL and Karma, 5.3.»; damd 20,1 amms

dated 5; 712cm bemean the. ﬁrat

of India. RI, awn Aviation and am.

Maw of the lmaa deed animad beween KSIIDC2

am dated 301412005 ta emmsh 3 pm he airport’

…–… -. …1…..n..n..n ..-an vvvns ur nu-ununu-nun nuun uutnu Ur nnllﬁnlnltn ﬂluﬂ LUV!” Ur KAIINAIAKA H355 ‘-

at Devanalwdli to assist the: W

ti-:chn1ca1′ , ﬁmnml’ and mm of tlze
base deed and the Ebjwt of
wcpljcitvely mentioneci. Ifmugh it: in mm
of Sectiuzm ﬁfbl (if of Ian}. is
permabaible uncm A.A.I.A Am; by
the Ksnm in mgm ggiabngh ixrdm-zuawnal
airport with a faucxilitiea am mam»
aneirstarnae to the ﬁn’ apmzing the

airport. that mature at’ mnctixms

the airport at B-anﬂre on
the 1-aﬁarreé tn supra, peruvxm ”
a the cuammm by um BIAL ‘us; tha
termed that it in d public
which an atatutmy in xzsature as it is

ﬁle anumerated fuzmtzimau of the Airport
providad mm: $ecti0n.12’ of tltm A.A.I.A

the laarned 3r.€:B’lJ:l’3BBl subzmitlaed that

0 A in PRADEEP KUMAR BIS-WAS paras 40, 43,
47 wauld with all fcsum ‘apply in support of nm,

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“run nu-carnal’! ruvn V

management and oemtrofi of the axrpo’ rt;

with am. As per the tmwxns and the
aharelwiders mmmnt, Néllausa-5
pertaining ta bzminesa af Clausaw
‘7(2)(a) and 7.3 perommga of and eapitax
stmncmre nf BIAL at the ratja of
7-1% and 215% and the of the mmpany
shall irzitjally mugs: direchara under
clause 9.1m). 9.1(i’n’) the Mau%
mm: gr mm. by the sum,
chairman cheered by the nimcmra

from and he has no axacutiva
maxmgement af BIAL, chant
is mt mectirxg, the direcbars who are
an acting chairman for the
mes:-.tj.r1g.. As per Clause 9.2(vii)

descxisicms cf the board, it shall be made on

with the written mmam: of each private

and each of state pwmntem in remzian 12::

~ . A mxmama an ctsauae 9.1, Clause 10 pertains

Implementatian. Clause» 18 “fa-1-m of the

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“win wvvnl vr nnnuw-|uuu\ nun: uuulu Ur nnxmﬂannn rliuﬂ LUUIEI Oi” IARNATAIIA HIGH C

agmezxt and Tamama’ tzion. Glauae

prfmbe promcteﬁs manmuh 1 its

mnﬁﬁqummw. Clausae 18.5 af

1m-miriatinn. Under shall
constitum partmrahip. x__R_HIIadm’ save:-ﬂaw
ﬁrst rcapcmdmtlﬂnion eithor a
private C0 car public or
gowrnwtal should ht: brought
agairst it or has party ’11 relatinn tn the

iiizontendaw that thc nature sf

functzab t be at any atrahch cf

gm.’ public duties,l’funct1o’ us, much

was Thcrafom, contention urged on

3&1, is; a “Statue” an deﬁned

under .}.£fis wholly unteznable. It *3 not a ‘State’

of Amzicle 12 of the Cmﬁhztitm.

hacaune: Chapter V-A, Swtion 28-A af

Act Tn apphc:a’ his to the 3311′ as of the

for the purpose of wictw’ ‘ n of mmuthorhw
from that pwezursiaes, it cannot be carat:-ued

-uvunu vs iusnlml-Illlltli. H!!!” In

by um Court that the ﬁnwtions of
}_:rubIic: dutimfﬁlnctions. mmre, by
the warm S1′.c:ouxmc1 that ‘ as
deﬁned unader Axtixrla 12 of India.

30. Sri haw counsel for
9th rmpondent made: on
behalf ar the jtxstiﬁed the
maintainabﬂity by our
attnmxtinn tr: 169 szaf Unnik:ri5h:nnn’s
case 69?’ para 77, 79 and

mrnaendgii’ enmud ink: betwean the
State KS3 – BIAL and Union of
India statutory’ fundanncntal
dam the international airport at

that are can-iad on by EIAL in
the “”” mpg’ rt an the hash of those

am supplemmmry in the ﬁuﬁai
required to be discharged both by ﬁrat.
reaprandent. Thﬁm, EIAL ‘m a State

to writ jmﬁdisﬁon cf this Court unaclm’ Article

at’ the Canmsittztinn of India. \w/

-… 13.0 ‘rs-run:-1 IIIVIUI uvvnl II!’ BHKSVHIHEE HIUI1 ‘

31. with referemae to the a’:;_w-‘u7[

s::cn’£m:1t’mns urged by the both the 1
for the paruiw and lnamed of the
paras-.6′ , on ca:-aful mzamma’ of the

Mama by 115, Pbzimss 1 2 answecread ﬁn

favour 0f the raasm:1s:-

(1). As per pubﬁamd
by the State mwnption under
Section ‘9(1} Rot, 1957 for
rwta-atiorzgcqxfvvv emanated betwaen BIAL
anti sf inn.-ax-mzzioml airport,
the the 1m coverad man to
of BZAL. T113 1’9E1i3t1’a.tit3n
fee of is wemptnd by gving 100%
nntiﬁcatian dated 15/-GIQEZJOS. In
View cf the Lama acquired by the State

in favour «sf Kammmim Indtmtrial Aw

Ema (in short rcfmrread an an ‘KIADB’) for

facility deﬁned under the man Act,
wtabliahing inmrnatiaonal airport in mrarcise at’

1: dm:nam’ powmn und-m’ Section 28(1) and

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£1′

2&4) of KIADB Act, the vast extm1t af

thousand and odd names was. az:qmz’ad’

Act, the same was suheaquaagiity KIADB
to KSIIDC for mtabiinhmmat and
vast mm; of land was BIAL for that
public pui-ma. As per cf Swtiorn 28 of
the A.A.I.A Act, at is declamd that
for ﬁm ‘airport’ kmludm
privaba airpart. ma. of the A.A.I.A

Act is mm’ t ta mm’

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the from the prwaes of BIAL.

tn exa3mne’ the natura of
mucus’ performcd by BIAL. It is necessary
for ‘air traﬁc am-uzisze’, ‘air trarmpart,

sm*vm’ ﬁ13:1ct1’ons rat’ the mm’ 11; Autlmrity

in Sacrtinn5.$2[d),{e), [rm] and 12 of A.AJ.A
undet-

2{a3 mi: traﬁc service” includes mgr}:

zmrvice, alerﬁrzg am-vine, mr
mnﬂic adsdsory service, air name oomrol
aervim. area norm-oi aenvicaa, approach
comm! service and airport control serviaze;

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(e) “air irranspert smw-ice”
sex-vicxss, far any kind of
whamcevm, ﬁar the air,

pearsms, mail :31″ any ntllegf cor
inanimm, whethar auckﬁsm-3i;im a

single ﬂight or amiss caf

Section 2(2m3 rmds:-

owmd dwelnpod or –

Authuity at my

M my peuqi: cg jointly umh the
Alﬂheqity italic Gavu% at
‘both of such person at
be m the mm
of is more than any

U to the rulm, if any, made
t21*.’:”1″.3$13.1::i?a1 Gave.-rmncxxt in thh behalf, it
thé: ﬁ.1nc1:is:r1 cf the Authorhy to
the airports, the civil enclav-as and
the émnnauﬁml oammurﬁaaﬁsan ataticns

It shall be the duty of the Autlwrity
‘ ‘dc: air trams sm’v:o¢’ anti air

trégrzspcrt sesmim at may airport and civil

(3) Without pregjudkze to the generality

cf the psrovﬁasiom mntained in aub-sectinm

(1) and (2) the Autmirity may –

usswri I-.a\-IUKI U? KRKNATAKA ‘

fb) plan, procura, install and maintain
aqt1§.pmI1t., at the
airporm and at may be
mnsidemci fi5f”‘~~:ea;i_’é= mvgaﬁon
and operatmlon of

fa) services and
search zmémga; in co-ordination
with other _. , ,,

id) estai3_!’m§i” ur or
oantafﬁi cf’ ita oﬁceers and
of this Act;

.,»:i’ reaidential buildinga far

and maintain hotels,
1-u_:§$ta.2.:1*e1g;1mé;’;a1ﬁ rwuoomm at or war the
‘

W139
……..ﬁ.pomp1e.xea at the airports {or the stnragcz or

of gacds;

arrwe for postal, money
mL%g:ha11gc, irxaurame and telephone
ﬁn; tbs use of pﬂB and other peanuts

the ajrporm and civil mmlavas;

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…-. . ………. vi” nu-uuv-unnn nuun uuusl Ur nnxnninnn Hﬂiﬂ COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KAINATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH C

{i} males appropriate

watch and ward at the airporté’
enchanma; 31, VVVVVVVVV U

(ij regulate and of
vehickaa, and the e;j1try?;_ eadgét at

v..’;iv’i1 enclaves with due
and pzrotoool functiam of the Govmmxt of
India;

(kl dmvebjp _rsnns.x11tn11cy,
camtrucrtzimrs. er éearsricm, atad
undezmake :3perat:iqr3.s abroad in
mhmn ho ahporﬁs, services,

{I} heliptzaz-ta and

tramport facility as
arésg, “”‘a:p:’;.:*”J.ioI1 of the Autharily,
passe? travelling by

or more mmpaﬁlm undea-

Act, 1956 or Lannie: any
githrsrkaw to mmpanim to furthm
it by this Act;

(:9) take aii auch steps as may be

or t far, our may be

to, the exm-cise of any power at

of any ﬁxncﬁona mnrmaa ar
iijxzfnoavad on its by thia Ant;

{p]pe1-form any czther ﬁjnciia-n

mnsidmnd necxesaaxy $1′ dcairable by the

Ce<n1:ra1 Gwomrment for ensurim the': safe:

\M/

and emciarrzt epdration cf aircraft W
and names that air apaoe 01′ Imlia;

” ..

fr) any rather
anti the civil best
eevcial intmeaizs at’ the Authority
inv::h.1dir:g cargo: up cf joint
vantux-w for the function
msma to the %%%%% V

(4) In 1:11»: sf}-ita funamzimzia
under tlfn wctinn, shall have
due of air
transpert that t..-mckzncsy,
mommy and swvicc.

(51 ﬁuuaiﬁs in this n-ectm’ :1
shall

3; the dim-agara by the
af ﬁar the tixzw ‘b&g in

any pezmon an instimte
in raapwt of duty :11’ liability
the Autlmrity or in umazze-era car
wank! mt atherwiae be

“”<.:.. _

per seem" n. 4 ofthe Air Craﬁ: Act, 1934 cm

1:9 as ms' Act) am-. am respondem; has

:25 males Rules as per the 1944 oomm:1tic:n

1944 in relation ta mm-m' tional civil aviation

at Chilmgn. Smtfmn SA ::f 11.0 Act mnfem

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ll\ll'I EUUKE U!' IHKIVURAER Hiliﬂ SUUKI UP KHKNAIKKR HIGH UCJUKI U!' KAKNAIRKR HIGH UUUII U!' IRKNAIRIA ﬁll!!! I-U08! U!' lhﬂllﬂﬂlﬂliﬂ l'lEI.l'l'l I-1

powers. upon the Eiireotor G%a1 of

athecr uﬁner mpecialiy axnpowmww in the

provhicvm of the: Act to Q1 in air
craﬂ: nperaizinna car Lmixrg any inbmeat
of security crf India or ' cat' ah" zrraft
operations. '3m:tinn Act provides for
@113? for fiailzzrna to dhecnians isau-ad
by him u]s.5–,A ofgme

(iv). In new” ‘ med p:rmrm’ in ofthe

Airporm Craft: Act, an the basis of

ccnnstimﬁon of Board of
of Chan’nm:n’ , ‘
geatabﬁahod. It may be a priuatc
tha prrovisibrns of Air Craft Act,
and Airport autrnrm Act am

2:: it. Though the mmhmhmm of airpozrl;

as pm’ the wmmm referred to

j entrusted to am, it has to discharge the above
ﬁlmtzinml dutim u.t1dm’ Sectiam 12-A of the
Act. In vkaw at’ these undisputed mm, the

\.N/

Comﬁmﬁpnal Bmcrsh ciemiom and
the Apia: Court rﬁermd m in the
relied upon by tlm lea:-z1eci
Ballade, ﬁat the peﬁtioner cf
the claim of the pemom-. The of

the aﬁxaresaid supra in the

Sr.cxm.nse1 far the as lumeundm-‘:

M. The (Seven. Judgm
Bench] of zhqggpex mt vs. sum w
tr:-rm in Am 1962 on 16:31 @
1678 hmvsundmz

am place, it has to he
than deﬁnition “3 «only
which itaalf is apt ta indioatae that
,!Ga*uta:x’r1mant and the lqﬂakmm
might be anther of
State””$ét:s10rz which might be w
the eazpwion ‘State’….Aym Article
up the list of autharitiaa ‘

within tbc territory of Imia

rzannot cbvioualy be read as qjusclam

VVVVVVVVV with eithm the t £11’

ntmlocal authorities. The wards
am -of we amplituda and capable of

-:se:’n;a~ehe11di::g awry authority crwted

giaammmmﬂmncﬁnnhagwithmthn

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uw-u vwtwnl III E\l’1IlIIrl3.I’II\l”I IIIEVTI VIIURI VT I\l”I-Ii’l’Ill’Il\l’\ I”Il\II”I BYUKI ‘II’ IIIQIIIIIIJIIIII TIIKFTI ‘nyliﬁl VI” “KKK-I’I\l.HI\fI TIIWFTI N-‘JIJKI Yr ﬂIIKI’l’\l§|I\l| I113’! ‘I

tam-1to:~_v of India. mm W A «§..:i3éo
characnwmatima at the natxzrg rim:
‘autimrity’ in this rvmiduary
consmumnly it must
authority sat up mzdet.-=”‘”‘a the
purpose at admjnismrirxgig 121113;: lam: _}ﬁ:Is5£€;i¢ by
theme vested with the

in m-clar to imkxtnexnt mane laws.”

(vi). The. Apm mm as ms.

W. nmmmm nmnwmm
reverted in (19′?;f3jﬁ1 440, pm. 39, 449
part 32, 452 aftm referr1ng’ to its
various Laws of England has

;: authority in a body which has
oi3’*at:a;tfg;1nry duws tr: perform and which
duties and trarrim out im
the beneﬁt cf the public and not
ﬁr pmﬁt. Such an authority is mt
makirg 1;-x proﬁt for the public
I-Iaistrurfa Laws of England 3″‘
V0130 paragaph 1317’ at 6812].”

” SQ. Parbrkf of the Cnnstitntinn gives a
surf the see:-vixavm which the Stabs is

to mad-wtalne and rcsndcr ﬁar the waﬁre
ciff rm pccapla. Article 298 providw that the
power af the Union and State amends

the carrying on uf any ﬂ or trade. as I
said, the quawtian ﬁar rmnsideraﬁnn in whethm a
public aerpomﬁon 3451: up under a special statute

mcarxyonabusineasnratmncewhich

Parhamen’ t mum nemsa:-y ta hey
the inter-mat of the natian is or

ﬁmt:~u.m1taIit3* cf the: State be
aubjmt no the
13(2) 61′ than Cormﬁmtinn. Sfiéiie
exitityr. It can eanly; riot tlgiroufgh the:
ixmtnncnentality or agencjﬁnf 9;? juridical
pmuorm. Tfr-e, in
tin: nation of the State storm through a
acrporaﬁon and ‘R an agancy 9::

must. be subjcs-gzi” ﬁtM
canstituﬁonal naed to subject
the power cf mxwtitutian
requirm concept of Stan:
action. …..

any :16. I. pirate

otlxm’ than bydimat

may give the aigmxmﬁon

tm ‘ﬁr.-it domain, it may mam tmt

ﬁc status

fc:;.r All these are relevant in

in at am: anrhInn~{25}. See

mmm 1′ State Actim’, LX
Laizw Raw 1083.”

hnanntlaanafhiah
pﬁllcfnnctioul

by virtue at the nature of the fmatlmn

Saethe

in Terry V5. Adams , 2% Us 536 and
Va. Cmlden, ms US 73. Activilins which
tau fsmdamentnl ta the society are: by
‘E00 hnpnttum not ta be cmdduol

‘ hmcuoa.”

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\l\-u. –

(vii). The max: noaawcrthy
Comtituba’ mi Emmi: gr the A13-mt Cau::’t.
as one. vs. mum as ms

reported in [19ﬂ1) 1 EGO Caurt

afheer refea-rm ta its daggisiann in

“11. We mayt.-=-po£”x1t”‘x;ut.;1_?;P1at it is i@te1’iaI
for this purprauavei-_.,_ the corporation Lia
creataci hr ____ _.£.i~~”tatube. “I”he best is
whnthaar at 51% of the
Stain and no§..~-a.%5;?tﬂ’Ai19vg__.«it has ham arm!-ad. The
has gin ﬂ to how the
intact: ‘i”ﬂ¢ mx-poraizison may be a
cmatad by a statute er it
_ 1; 03% m a company
Oampmias Act, 1956 at it
z’m%tm-ed undm: tba Societiw
er any uﬂzmr similar smtutae.
w1th1n’ ‘ tlw mea:n1ng’ of Artick: 12 if
Eamtrucnmﬁty or agency at’ the
and that wank! have to be dacided
m t of the ﬁat: in the
Fight cf that: relevant facmrs. The: mncept of

mamwtality G1′ agency cat’ the g is
in a C:GI’pD€t’ﬂtiK}’£1 creamer! by a statute
aqually applicable in a mmpazrxy O1′ aociaty

in an yawn’ me it ssmuid have to bus duo-1:15′ :1,

tin a mmideratrion of the relevm factuzrs,

_rirhethm’ the mmpany or ao::mty’ is an

-…… ……….. vr nnnnnlnnn mun wax: or mmnmm man court: or uumnwu. HIGH CD0!!! or KARNATAKA HIGH count or KAMAIAKA men c

er agency af the t so
aatocaomewitmnthemearﬁmafmcpresainn
‘auﬂanritf in Art:i.c}e 12.” M

uuuéu : I

[viii] The Seven Judge Bench dem3:ir~’

Ccmrt “m mmm mun:

repama in (2902) a sec. its
various cienisions has hey that to
be pa:-Ram by the the purview
of ‘State’ umlm ﬁminle and has
aim laid down the law 12 an ‘ of
powar’ and the of ‘status’ at paras 6,
1.9, 15, :15, 49, 4: summt-up at para

98 which wads aa fallaws:

definition in

7:3 a atatement sf
am. as far as Article 12 is
been so held by tlxh Court in
cf U.P (air 1952 Sc: 1621}.
“SEW and “authori1y” used in
min, to use: the wards
¢::f§_ Cardazo:me Natum of
gmmhﬁﬁm at’ the Comtitutiatx” the mutant

which has been and oontinuna to be
by mum ﬁnm ‘him in tﬁzae.

A,”ii;Ax;:::if:;;%*~»%;’m_KE5 W PM WM M W ad
…..;.J.’\api§gmaeh to the canmpt of equaﬁty undar
14 em 15, mu:-tn Izmvt: whﬁver

_f,g;m”saib1e, sought in curb an undue;

of pawn”, and that: ill

c an uwmdan in the
\N/

If\”\ lIl\ll| …..- .._- __

__ ,_ _._, -. …………….-. tuvri -wuss ur MMNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA 519″ ‘

can!’ the 8mm.”

judmal «Imam at’ “State” .:}3″L

15. The use of is
a1g*n1f” ‘ want. The: mutt
of the formaﬁmrn of thxige Congoragtiam,
the ﬁnancial support mlgen
nt, the
ac: provided, the nature at’ sea-vie.-c rcndared

% and nut-ad that ﬁat that mush or

rm by it
neverthelass the of the
Corporatizaam ahnifed th: tlxea
Corpomtiam me ‘wine and
hands” of the The
Court that although
the the; Ccsrporatiana were:
not servants the Stan, “thcsa
statutory arueV,.%”*’w;.1t1mritim’ within the
of 162 grfthe Conatituﬁtan”.

the law. He saw: (sec

‘m an ahwaet entity. It can
wily the imtrumewtaﬁty or
mnnml or pwwm.

“there is sumtge in the

1t an agemy <1-I'

:3."'ffqt1::.:.1.:?.v is mm mm by Mathew J, that;

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_ –_ .. …..–u.- w-1-qnrnl sf!” l\l1llI’I\I-f’\l\E ‘

mamporistic status ﬁn’ cxazrtam

these are relevant in ﬁg
«nonhuman! uhethu the _.:’-‘Pb
private or snow: at Qsatg ,
gencrally: ‘me mcaTr1m;:3f .§.–?iT;iisQ:.i§i’, LX

Cahzmbia Law Rev

exia-min; pﬂﬂic
fun:-zﬂms are at the nature at

Adams ,, W3 US 53!5;;’f’a11d Vs. Gasman,
258 US 73. we too
tmnlnmcmul tn an by
d&t:l.un not in ‘bu

“Z3. “$i’rm§_11 perspective, the
it may does not
mauagir State adopt: in
iﬁ*i1;:st?1c¢ by a corporation
f:::5i”7§tast:£tae or Tum:-porataad undm
Companim Act or the
Act, 1860. Neither the

II ‘Stats’ and in
awauntablity umler Part II
1&3:-éivrT§”§:”” rm: intiividual it it you in hat

– “:40. me pacture’ um enzmzrges is that

‘g,_«_.

VI. ﬁlllid (1981) 1 966 ‘I32 It ‘I36

pin 9 me am a run out of psinoapm ac
tlgﬁtifabodyfam withinarxytmeofthmit

mt be wrmidmﬁd to be a
State witlfm the meaning cf Article 12. The

quaesaizian in web case would be – whcthm in

theI.igh1afthecumuIat;ivefacmaa

\\\./

— ..– .. – —- — -…………..–…n …v.. -av.-an an nu-uuvunuu-n I-nun \-vwnr vr l|l|!Il’l’|ll\l\l| l”‘l|l-ff’! ‘-

mtahliahaed, the may is

flmctianally ami
by ar 11:31:31′ the mantra} of the
Such cxantml nnxat be
£22 quwtsniorz and must is
fmmd than the body ia Staips Ajrtixxln

12. C2733: the ather hami, is
my regulatnry or
ethm-wﬁe, it would not serve to make the
body a Smta.”

“41.comn;m of C8112,
we have no doubt tgjéat within thn
range at’ Article: 11%, which k

.. a . V

“98. a legal tmtity to
be an agency of the State
it doagmt an mztmrity

withixij the: “bf “athm’ authcritiw” in

authority, the entity
by a swtzuhe or
:;;».;.H. sm;t£i§;x§”.*2,3:ud with liahiiity
a:aVi$£if;;£itinj::.1:t…..::éo the public. Further, the
Smﬁgzm the exaity should have
with pnwer no make Iaw or

i$:j_$°€~ié’f dime-tiona amauntirzg to law

1::1ea1’@ of Article 13(2) govexﬁng
iija tiship with czsthar people or the
P9991″ ‘” ﬂair rhhmk d’-‘£53:
Eabilitim er ether ma] mlatims. If cmated

a statute, that: thnre must exist aura:

statute wafer:-ing an the untity such

In either case, it shnuld have been

with such ﬁmcﬁxms as are:
g€f2 ﬂt£d. O1′ closely: associated thczmvith
af public importance 0!’

tn the life 9f the people and

hance govmnmental. Such autharity wcvuld

be the Stata, for, one whn -mioya the powers

t3:rp:riv1’1@maftmState.ItTmth1’sat1’ong

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“I I…’ …’y.. ggpypnu ‘fl |\.|-|II.I’r|Ir|IIrI Iiinirui Vouiwnl ‘vi I’Il”Il\I’.l’IIl’Il”|l’I IIIIIII tawllullti ill” I\l!l\I’l1l.lIl\.I”! I135″?! EWIVKE ‘Jr IIHICNAIRKH U
IIWTI \I\I”J”! ‘Jr 33’ ‘I. ‘”|

smtutorgg ﬂavour and cm: indiciaw
oomtituﬁonal 01’ atatutcry,

mt capability 13:: act in the _:;i:::f
tﬂ ﬁghts of
mines it an
case, depvmdﬁmg on: the and
cirr.-umstances, an qjisa be
ﬁaund 11:: be an of
ﬁwﬁmmandmthatmtmtmmrmay
axmlap …. . .” ‘ * . ,

ax). In View of mm. as AIR van.
mm as’ 8 in (2905) 4 we
«-9, in which in para 40 that thc
Body must ‘ and
undcr the: aontrol of
Go*verr1n’ mum be pa1’t:cu1a.r’ tn the
be pmvanixm. Ho doubt, in
that ta an-ma tmta from Ajay Hania
me, BCBI in mt ‘sum and it is not

cm am no part of im mpm 1 is heki by

Pranﬁcally ran ﬁzmnmﬂ assistance is
Gevwrammt ta met the whole or entﬁra
of The Bum-qr The Euard dnau a

atatwa in the meld at m-meet but such amma

State mrafewred or Staha prabecrtad. Them in m

‘m/

……… .. ………….w. nlun uuuxl ur iuuxnnlnlut man count or KARNAIAKA HIGH court’: OF KARNATAXA HIGH CGHRY OF KAWATAKA 5415*’ €

miatmm of a deep and pervaam
mnuui éf my in nnly regulatxary in
to ormr simﬁar be-aim.

‘ undm’ any spadal to the
mm. an mncsmbmmaf the not pubﬁc
mmﬁam. Tim Buzzard by u-ansm of a
go\rerrwt~«ownef man. The statutory bo:i§r~awond

may be empowered tn dimt in pawer and
our parts’ 113; in any interns: car jur1o:hc.-al’ ”
:31′ it may act %m11y gr ﬁt: mliaboratinn with

bodim, public or private, for performing ita

— ..–…–w upturn-n V

(xi). In the mm of sunny

PARKING amuomw @ so
after nM’errI1:g’ to the act at’ a a private
autltac-rtty has held tr: be State of mm
t as the parking author:-ity was
opmnating a parlmg

building’ and vmas an the ground

that he was 3. para of the law laid
dawn reads tlms:

facm and we1ghmg’ ‘
cirm1xjimt;¢g;rm:5i..f.jﬁT; the mmbvﬁous
in private cmcluct
be 3-2:3.-ai=: aigniﬁcanxza.”

% 2:’ km: bujwng wm publicly
was’ in pnmfcarmance nf
‘aasmﬁal nm
f;;~£x1c<.*.;%x:i:ga'.""':

bf all thxasa activities, obiigatixma
and féstpomibilitmuim of the Authx:-rity, tbs
mutually cmnfenmd, togethar with
obvimm fact that the rmtaizrant is
as an inmal part of a public

‘ dwomd to a ptzbl.-in: parlag sermon’ .
‘. I .;: d –. ‘3-I: __ ‘ ‘4-:.u

8.1 =-

SJ_.._… .’.’.’£’.’.:’5″”” ‘

me 1°sut1’mrity,ax1cit!1ro the sum, has

xaotmﬂymdeitselfapariytotlzeraﬁxsalaf

_ ____ .,- -……..-.-nun nuan uwuﬁl ur KAIINATAKA HIGH

V’ is net alaumya may tn ‘

w mtwmea with

oavamxmta it11:r.rwc:.._lt2aaa imam’

(xii). 1;; EVANS vs. nmwrm

(1966) 1 379 regarding haq1math:’%:g

of ‘ta the Mayor and Council {If
death of the mum’: wife and
‘a writ and pleasure ground’ for
while held he be usable by all «– whiim

and hlacigﬁé’ ”’ that no ‘neg-wtion’ ooukl be

vww” of the 14% %d% as it was a

. the mlw-am portzizm reads thum-

“What is ‘Wham’ and what ‘3 ‘smug

that is fa-many guinea may
gawrmnamtal
or in hnpuynatoll with I.

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._nnu.4.n..- ..

(‘\”\n

_.. ..- nu-an-:1IrIlIl’I !”II\3I’I’

gw ‘l:aI chamcincr u

mbjwt to mmstitnttioual
placed upon data mam.”

‘time: the of
we caruwt but cemlzuci-ﬁe iiihat tlgaie pjiubﬁu
character tztf the park tﬁaamd
as a. pubﬁc -‘ the
command of the Faurtamtia Ame.:ndn:mnt,
@rd1wa crfwho titled undat state
law.”

Indifs as hat-undam~:

can 13 mcmaary in
oi=zi_g: to whether a given factual

mama my single hurt at
pz-enema a suﬁcim1t dw-ee of
amtc””*nliﬁ#ab’ement, but ratha whether the

__’._….4..gw-agate at nllrelewmt facta-I cmnpch u.
crutch: .”

in not enough to n::a1n1m’ aa:rsa’ tim

at’ the fazzztors upon. which a clamaant’
and in dismiss mch as

inauﬁcient to aupport n of

“””éta’be amiss-.1. It is the agyegwlae that k

If\”‘\ |..l£’\u e

_,..,..- —.u’ru- up-n IIPIIIIIIIIFIIIII rlli-in

‘A _

“In tha awmte, than farm:

razmnopchat pmviding msezntial ‘=9.

lmarw 52′ the State mad wsthm {L
ctf mrterxsiva state aupergimiagtb

rmulationa if thus an requﬁm.
mu tmmirmﬁnn of are:

bummed by state a helding
that rampandezzfa this
amrinn’ for
the jurisdiction over
responxiant 1983.”

(xiv). legal pﬂnsaiplca laid

dawn Bemhm of the sup:-mm
Court the dcactrinc of ‘State acﬁon”
wank: tn the facm ofthe case in
mm that as provide duty free shops
in the the a t 1-eﬁarred in supra in
mmmﬁonal airport. ‘me mcmzzm

ﬁmmzhma by max. for the mmwmimee

public. All the fatﬁliﬁsa provided by man,
leasea our amtity, pm-farm satutoryf public
in the Airport. This is wcwsly apparent

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_. _..—- –u n—1:nI¢.l’IEl’IIIP’ liilifl’

mm ciauaa 7.; 0f C1auae.7 at’ 5.3.11

The rehevantt ciause made as

DI’ cnfher ‘
‘ or sugpandﬁg the landing or

T 7.1 Air-part
§%te.-snanoe:

BIAL shall operate the
Airport in aumrdanoe with Good Induatx-y
Prncﬁm. REAL comply with
maintenance :31′ and shall
ma-iz1ta*m, keep in gegéd rvepak and
canciitian, the Ah’por::,-~v-“it; sgrsaxﬂame with
the Op-nation Plan, an
as set nut in
Schedule Iﬁi…….sat:§-;=!cIieo’: BIAL shall
submit. the Maintcname Plan
in GGK no tame am [1] yam’ ﬁum

replace and upgrade
to nemswm the
thee-e pux-pas-es shall
car equipment he: be
in aocm-dance with the
_ _{3I{–1S;’A’I’IﬂI aﬁmmzt.

mairamwarnre, repair and cthnr %

ucr§arl::£:<.,;a}z'aIl:.;ibe car:-iad nut in such a way as
, ….. .. If my opﬂaﬁlm' , '

workaa 1%itam

maept in mag 01' an emmgwcy, we to
DGGA and to all aﬂacbed users of the

such prior wriizhmz natice thereof as

mam may Rum ﬁme to me reascnably
rc=:quire."

\m/

EH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COUR? OF Icmtumnna rnwn I-vvuu vu u-n—u -m — ——

respcmdent No.2 to ms in relmim to air

in be re:1dmed tn the pubﬁxz at cf

nzmnopoly atatua in the:

the BIAL in State mxﬁmrred as the

eonceasion t cf prma’ te

mnaeaaion tn the

(xvim. Etaarzj;;:::if’§f: and ‘State’ under
Artlcle 12 of the Indﬁ, the azcﬁona of
BIAL are u;n:im* Artisrzle 226 cat’
the in this ma, lmrmd
has rightly piacml mlianoc:
upazu in 1976(2) we as @ pin.
9 in mmm-am: Vs. nmms

straw, 1991(1) sec. 171, 1995(5) acct.

1§g1, sec 335 @ 237 121 time came. at” exam
principlaﬁ laid down in time decisions with

5 applicabla m tm cam on hand and E’«%re

ax ammable to writ jur’mdi.cti«:>n afthia Ceurt uxﬁmr

‘ 226 cf the Constitution :::f India as it has mm

\m/

____-. —-v-gnu VI’ nllﬁﬂlllﬁﬁﬂ liﬂilf

unciertakezn to dbchargc the of the

A1rpa’ :1: Authority in aambsahsizg and 2113

may The Wow avowacl abject
deliberately used in Constitution of

India, which Man or

i or mm Limima
€:01t£1par1y, agggfgty, etc, who will
They judicial mviaw power of this
court enxumiamd by the Apex

Court in cam.

as per the dechiam in Rohtas

Anadi Mukta anti U reaﬁm-md to

Cuurt has aumkwtly held that $115

Court power under Artic:1e 225 of the

cf India *3 also to issue Wrim agamt a

~ .. bodyfperaan. The words ‘any person or

\:m/

f’\”\ LI£\n I -..-an ..-

._._ -.—.. u-run: Ill’ m-uiltﬂlﬂﬁﬂ

ﬁﬁ Ihara thisview.”

(M). In U ‘¥ to
Anadi Mukta and £}1’awaJm.:n;;;’1§h held at
pmaa-aphs 31 and as ea; Lmﬂnr: %

“.81. Au 5 irnpartant
imtitutiaus? It pubﬁa
dmplf a strident a (1%,

ﬁxr m:mpl_e:.-pin will have in
mute fa college. ‘ﬂute
meuﬂcal hllzumﬁ to
atmin the tmz-$1-e, what is
a pubiib to act :fa”n’ly.”

in this mm is an an
that the meaning of
Article 225 mm to be laid
the same term fmm

Ami ‘xzxgpite or it, a’ the mpnmu is
at duty on the name: principle

The Iearnw Sraccuxmel for the petition’ ‘ mm’ has

upon the following daemons of mm: Apex
whe.mn”‘ the scape of A1-nah’ 225 is laid down by

\w/

.r\un .

__ __- ……… ur cu-n-sunu-um HIGH COURT OF KARNRVNG H55″

notification as it has act up free
and further it has mendad at
Chennai, Banganare, Calicut,
Goa, New Delhi and Trigggz. The in Imia has

acxms tbs worlﬂ. V
Amﬁianm Imrmtaamx a ma m
obtain aonmact of carrying an the
mama’ businw m the pemmm, the
consortium International apt, Wonk!

bid ﬁr dutywfrm ‘ at EIAL.
It ‘ma petitionm was the ﬁrat comm
in private retail duty»-ﬁ’m businasa in

much 6 in duty free retailing in Indian

:””‘.;T;?11T1ea’eforc, consortium of patzitiomar with
Intzerrmﬁonal apt, submitted E631 to BIA}. on
which is in oomplctc oomp]1ame’ with all

r set taut in the E01 invitation by fume’ lung’

‘mm

.. .._…- ..—–nu -uurvnl ‘Ii’ IWIKWEIKM

all the itﬁormtion as set out in

mvmta’ ‘ tinn. The petit;izonm’ did not

communication mwdmg

or about im awsinn of or mi’
8111? othw decision co? BELL issue tender
documents to it. In petitinner
has reix-mama its stand pemon.

.33. The ‘ ‘=3 . Counael
nf respondents 3 a
4 upon the statemm
of by taking up ‘ ‘
is not maintainable, that
without parttxaerr. The writ patmon

ﬁar the petitixmrtr in the aaunmer statamaw

3 as 4 they haw taken the plaa that

has mm mm stwnzﬁ to fila this mat’

\\x,vL/

-u— u-np–IIql”l”Ill’II’ﬂ’I I’ll??? \uI\I’JKI U!’

peﬁtion is not tenable in law by pmmg ‘.
upon the um’-sported dacisian of the Court
ﬁled by the very mm: peﬁﬁagié; 7; 200*;
and azanttlxer against the At
paragfaph 47 of the objection
raised in the mid mapollderzm
thereitz was eozusidared Court. and held
that such an founded far the
reaaam that by the petitioneazr in
I-7mm9mhiP with and t.®’$re when
opportt111it3’5:ﬁ’5 was denied. righm of the

also violated. Therefore, 2:
pet1’tinnm* does not have cause
of amian ef the mspandents 3 &

4. of the Bombay High Court
applicable to ma was an hand for

tmt amuse of action aroma for the petitioner
having ward to the fact that it is vimlly
party liming’ 3. mnsortmm paxmer of Ai:cR1an’ m

in ‘mn’nu8 pja D% in I]a[!J’B_ V

_ _….- was was-uuIIIl1IIIl\f’ ﬁll!!!

35. me caontcnticm urged on

znaspondentm No.3 and 4 that pi]

Aerkianta have partﬂwzted by
submitting E.O.I pumuaxxt invitation
accepting the catxliﬁongl without
demur. Thmfm the mama its right
‘m challezngim the canhmtzion
urged on behalf of and 4 that both

peu’tipxw:- and the E-Mail as par
gmm,,mm3-R5 No.4 mqueating

him to furthar an muki be seen

from the Ban! by A:erRia.I1£ 1:: R4,
£1; has respects ﬂu decisian when by
BIAL of comartium aonfmsirig of
the am above c:ante:r1tion is untenable in

law. Ie.armc:3 Srmumel in suppart; at his

that petitionm-* has not axyqzid his ﬁght

Petition, in support at’ this submission

has atnmg reliance upon the constitutional

..zi:3oision of the Apex Court rcporteci in man
as aw: vs. amass! Immcn-a.L

\\w/

{)1 LIC\ILl Iul’\l|.n|..a-u

cinm as mm: ((1935)

paragraplm 28 & 29, which xmds ax
‘”28. It *m net poaa.ibIa,t6
contrmtion that th& petit£§:>n¢:I§;fa am ginatbfpped

£1 d&nce tn the put
up by them on pavements at para :31’ public
maﬁa. There can ‘n:1,g§toppe1 agalmt the
Cmmtituﬁan. not anly
the paramount law it is the
source and auatmng_sf;m:¢ lawn. its
prcavisiom am ygstxbﬁx: intmeat
and am intended purpoxae.
The :1nct1’ir.xa””‘i1f based on the
primiple in word and nation
maparm to human
aﬁhim. Zia pagi-3.031 3 rewexxtatian to
gen tligg nfﬂwhich the lattmr acts

in hixi}; fox-mm’ cannot. mails
made by him. He
muiyt prlmcrﬁale can haw
rewuntatians made
031″ anforcement sf
For maple, the
by a person that he does
wcuﬁ mt mmwa” 6 his right
and wcpwhn at that: right to
the of India
him of tlrmae comtirutinnal
righm, any mare than a csomeaaian that a
has rm right cf persanal liberty can
his deiaentzims. mntrary tn: the terms of
22 of the Ccmstitution. Fundamental
‘ are mldoubtedly c=onf<m'ed by the

é§§mﬁ'mﬁnn upon indfwiduala which have to
asserted and mzﬁamceci by thaw, if those

aru vinhted. ﬁut, the purpose
which the Cematituizion. seam to achieve by

' eonfezrmmt ef m 1-ighm is not only

wbanaﬁtizuiividuaisbuttosecurethehx-gm'

1'3
afggxmt has he be mirmd dmpzite the

ccgncassixn.

cnmmeted with the: plm czf wazvnezr’ ,

mzemta at’ the cammum’ty- me W

tlm Clcamtitution says that ‘.:,a
democratic .Fv!e:prub1ic. It 73 in
the pmmim af the VA iflriét
fund%ta1 fghiza thse
Comtimtion, sonic: an :j«::it1’zI§m1a like them:
guaramed by Artixzim 1.’:”:’–,,____ 16;”~~19,~~;’21 29
mud, some can cdtizexn anti alike,
like thyme guarantaeci by Articleis 14, 21, 22
and 25 of the: C.m2atit1;j:£on. Na individual
can barium’ coﬁmrad
upon. him by the m%iun
made: by him an a xzuxier
a mistalmt of law eg;%–“Tbf:;Eae.u-1-gr:£a§:.;” that he does:
not possesses or will any particular
t&} an aawppel
aghast any aubwquam:

prowading. 8x_m!i;’jj.;a:-».’r::1;,qr5’$aﬁon, if enforced,
wnuld g ‘ﬂm%”””«V:3’puz-pose of the
Cazmtitgqﬁnxu of astnppel
vahid, State could easily
ta formo his precious
pevmia nf vamimw,
ﬂzm-diam,
title met that the peﬁtimma
in the Bombay {laurt

ﬂm€5’5.._ nu ﬁght to

on pmmmenm anti that
:mE”!: objwt tn tiwir dmnxaiitison afhar
they are entitled to asamt
action on the part of public
auth6nma””””‘ will be in violaticn 01’ that
righta. How far the amwt
the mistaence and scope of the

by the peﬁtinnmu is well-
amther mattw. But, the

29. The pm. of mtcppel is closely
the object

m anym-

ofhoﬂzbeingmaexusnrebermﬁdea

clay tramactizms. In Eashwhw EL-;:.«»~…if31Zr’*-«…
(1959 Supp 1 SCR 528} a
%1ch nf this Cnurt mmidﬁ
tlm Comﬁtution. can Na
whats of that Bemh ?:§Daa, ;?*.’.’….I,§ and
Kapoor, J.) held that
of the ﬁ right Articlx-2
14 of the Comtitutian. Two athars
(H.H.Bhagwa1:i Ra-0, JJ.) held that
conferred by Article could ‘rm
no weaver’ at’ am; rghx’
guamntaad by Fast the Consﬂmﬁon.
The ﬂazmﬁmﬁmxig. dintinctioxg
according ‘ , betwm
ﬁn’ tbs: 13-31% of
iniaermt er magi pubiic policy.”

the zstatutnry righm and
in this case, the lemma
has placed strﬂ mliancse
upon the Expat Court mported in (1993)
5 the case of x-.:.rm3m».um:n: VI.
mmm wnmin it is held that

of astnppel has no applimtirm whm

rights and Babﬁiﬂw am mmma, he has
plnmd reliance upon anuther Conatituticxnal
jldmmt of mm Apex Court reportacl in AIE
‘k so 1329’ in tha we aim»: mu Vb. mu

..-… …-..–.u vr mmunu-nus rmvn I.-VIII! Ur ISAKNAIAKA HIGR COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH 1

__.__ -…-.–.. -uvwnl ur RHKNHIHM

a.) No Iawruz justiﬂcatiaon xzsr
&ting 5 out of ‘7 partim who a}:’:.:-:..a;;ittig:d

cJ Selection trritezria R3 as
R4 Iaolmd Em] since they are
hzmz-aczhe and ﬁnr

objective nnarm or ihr proper

:1] R0 at all
ahawing

:3] No Expm-m or
Ccrmﬂttaee ‘W’Ef$ at all by RS & R4
for the merim
and in their 3.0.1 for
ciocummta.

as aver:-ed by AAI.

whamcmrer are 1-ecordﬁ

rgstzxard aka rim not disclose the

msaggns short Iisting and awardhzg

the “”cé§iu’act in qumticn in favour of
,……..:feapon.dent No.5.

support of the afcresaici submission.

upan the follewing decisiom of the

A S1’1g*.Lrext3e é Ccuxt repartad in 197513} act: so: @ am in

,f’\9\ ¢j£\II r

!I\7!”l UUUKI Ill’ nﬂlﬂﬂlﬂnll l’llUl”I HUUIS Ur EHKNHJRIR I”IIIII”I LUUII UT IRKNRIHIR I”I”3I”I HUUKI U!’ KHKNRIRIH HIGH UUUKI U!’ I.llK¥’Ul|il\l|lls I’ll’-N1 9

the came. of mnumn man
sum or muaan a. ma. whm-m been
laid drawn at par: 9 aa undm-: n ‘V

‘9 ”11: 2’13 intmeathlg tr; the
United Statm it is mw ~m: an
esxacutive authority muat be 1-goroualy held
tn the it profcssaes it»
acxrupulously on
pain of i:1va1ida1:isonf;i:-f anﬁct violaidsan :31’
um. Vida af justice
ﬁ in $3.. ﬁeamn, 3 L.Ed.

2d, 1012. ‘gzmzime not based on
the «sf Unﬁed Statw
Comtimﬂnn §.=:3.*.T.-,si;I.;”ii;A=§a.._§?éohnad as a rule of
adm’mi5tz*aﬁ’q5s

R3: the petitinner has
the deciakm at’ th: Apes:
3 we as @ so: mums
vs. mmnanmu Amvom
auppurrt of the prnopaaition that “it is

now that an wgwutiw authority must: be

held to the 8 by which it pa-nkaea
to 1’36 judged and it must scruPulous1J*’
111033 stnzudnrda”, whareah the Apex Guurt in the

‘ dmisinn @pm no aﬂm referring ta aim earﬁer

MXLX

deciaiam in Dr.A.§.Ahlu1nllu and

*:o……… It mayibc this
rule, though suprporta”::_g1e “‘ gas? an
emanation of Article 14; must
merely an that A1-tick. It has an independam
cxistmwe. It is. gdmrxiiatraﬁve law
which has ‘:1-men a check
against mcasrcise of by the
meeuﬁve ‘ authorﬂyﬁ… be the
concept surf the it be ‘
meaning yvw by “Thus Law of
the givmx by
Hayek 1 ;5fR¢aciv~~«V«’A:9 Serfdam” and
‘Consﬁmtion the expositrien aet
forth by “The Rule of Law
ant B55′ his article on “The
(sf Law and Natural
*’u]’-~,l_…r=D’ aracy, Equality and

, s1ii:is*…*;1;1tia1 agrweztxt in
purpcae of the 1-1114,-: af
hm p1-obeciian of the
emmwcise of puwer, when-sum’
it It § étxcleed :mthmIca’ bk: that in a
gzovarxwd by the rub: at’ law the
C3f;§’%iBI’r11I1ﬂ13t or any of im oﬁcem
arbitrary power aver the
of the: individual. Eu.-.r_I; action of

w-xecrutive C’-owsrnmmt must be ‘mfarmed
Imam and ahnuld be free ﬁum

Tint ﬁn the very asaeznne of the

of Law and its bare mmamal

And to ma appﬁmtion of th’n

L ..-5=’p1jiJnsiple it makm no ‘mm-anus wmrm the
_bf surf the pcswer involves aﬁactinn of

some right or denial of aroma privilage.”‘

__..- -. –.– -u-1 Illirll \iIvl’IlﬁI U!’ 1.

who haw mprwsead their 17.0.1

icrxvﬁatiznn of tmxdm ::nntrax:t in run shop
in BIAL is bad in law. In
M has my aptly relied the Apex
Court in the case arms an
mmmmcmnme mm. van. ‘mm

mm m mum an (mm 2 sec

9&1 @ whemin the down the law at
para 6 which hermnlder:

“6……..;;$, adnm1a»’ ‘ tratzive
quasi-

abh to jtwtzify their

mzredibcﬂity wtéth the

‘l’he rule requzrm
prkmipk: of audi alte.-mm
in principle of natural juaﬁce
_}7’1’r1£::rm every quaai-judicial
rule must be observed in its
pgré’:per—–.;::;apirit and me:-e pt-stems of
c::§:m;ia1i;g:r.rx:e__;-.~’ wnuld nut satisfy the
(sf law.”

afczresaid deeisirm is again followed by the

in the: casa of @3530 CiCAL
was, (1979) 4 sec 573 and laid down the

Juan.

law at para 3.3 wh.u>h’ relxzmant

raquiramam ef juﬁjziee 0:1 afiaeh

jurisdictions and anus mud’: déa§.:ém’atu;.h is
spelling out rmnana ﬁn’ in
other words, a apeaking <§u'der. The
imerumble face o?"""'a*.a;9§;ix;x in o '
irrmngrwznua with ax V -;.1;ggsi~judi¢:iaI
1%." __…..V:.j.'.T_'AL» . _ V

(vi). Furthar the has aptly
reﬁed upon the Ccurt reported in
mm; {zoom 1 we
as: @ mm-awe the xaw laid
dmm in above kt support of
me me at’ adminﬁtzraﬁw law
which ewivad as a check against
madam by the wcwuﬁve authority,
mm seninr munsel has plaow mm
reliance rzbaeruatiam made by the Author

in Caxw’t:¥.’t11t:ional Law 51:’ India, 4″‘ Ed. Vol

para 16.92 in support at’ the. contention

ii}-‘%’m body baa exarcised im discmtinnary powms

at an irrakevant yournds, it is to ba taken

\M/

as mt having mam” ea its powers at an

law’.

[vii]. Furzfrmr he has upon
the landmark canatitutional of the
ﬁuprenze Caurt in an st 33.
Vb. may or nmm aa Am 1970 as
no wherein it has ma paras 13, 14 &

20 whim}: haretmder:

atinministratiue a quasi-judicﬁal
power is bang gradually
0h1it¢ﬁ~11§3tJ3d:f§é:g~$i;\:»..,k§”-$1 Etam like ours it
is jurhdictinn of the
is 12$ ing at a
tlw rule of law would
lotéfse of the
chmged with the duty in
in a jtxat and fa’n’

the ixmcrﬁ rsf the power {if
nawwsary to pmvidc guidelinm for the jtzst
of tlwir poww. To prevent the abuse

paww and 13:: sea that it dam mt
a new ciespntimrn, Courts are
emlving the prkxciplw to be
while exetumug such pewem. In
like than public good in mi
by a rigid adlwrenae to

precedents—”

” the Court at para 20 said: \\M/

-_ __..- -.._-. wvunu vn nu-uuvur-In!-I l”lI\Ii”l’

‘The am of the rulsw of na%g;irs,1.\j:;:§ticﬁ::
in to Eﬂﬁlltﬁ jus-ﬁne or ta put it 1:5:
pmmrzt miacarﬁage of
a just deniaﬁzan is the
judicial exlquirim as Weill mix adzngiiatggmive

An u1:§z.:sf*.\____ an
adrainzistrative eznquztry far
reaching aﬁect tlmn a decisixm. in a quasi-

gudxrial a complaint is
made beﬁsm a $ll”iii?:.!!F:.”§Jr’iIJsc:ip]IB sf

mutt has up dnoide obaczrvazme
of that rule was ncsc;<as§m~–.Efo1:V_.:;ai just dechian
of the mac."

[viii]. In the am Guurt baa
clearly H ciﬁtitzwizion betwmrn
pawm ﬁn’ applying the
The mm sr.wum::1 for
the plamd relianm upon annther
decisima: Court in 1..1.c or man an
Am. nnucamm an manna
reported in Am 1995 ac 1311 @

537 in uppnrt of the pmpaaittian that ‘away

public autlr1c:r1’t:y or tbs pawn acting in

er its acts ﬁve rim to public’ ehvment,
guided by pub-Bo mmav, he also placed
reliamze upon the decision ad’ the Supcrw Ceurt

312:3 230 It parm 7′ In 10 in tn the

dmiaicom of an mm, AJAY number :31′
decisirzarw in support that the
Aummy who 3% mmm,
ﬁnxﬁnmfduﬁas has to ambit of Rule of
Law and to conduct itself
arbitrnrﬂy and in the pubﬁc wank! be
liable ta qtzotation from Lord
Dennmg’ nﬂuiltn at Aumﬂturc
[1966 reliance by learned amrior
him the said words cf Lord
an the paint of max;-.%. Further
he has reliance that aﬁwtenca, recordim

cf reaamzs is 3 sahxtnry and vital
arbitrary ante:-cim of power, reasens

be cigar, cmmt. certain and they camt
The evahmﬁon ofE.C).I was done an the basis

}\m/

hogan .

of mritcria, nmﬁm and clamerim csmiqersxi

amount to gvim xwnns in law, i:’mt:t1

the E01 invuatmn that «me 4 ”

clear that respondmmt 39.3 that they

haw mnairlered mad to be the
tap playera in ma ﬁald mmrm its
actitanu is ar%’a13r there in mmplete
iwratinnality cm in the aexecum
process hid down for 32.9.1 and it also
amcunts of pcwar by 5.:-.. Learmd
upon the dacisian of
In supra for mmthm legal
Hakim ban to be eﬁwwd an two
2:: be on sum mtional, objective

mm’ %%%% ‘ ég:;r…§-escribaa maathod af abort-listing ma

that methori alum has in be ﬁallowmi’,

reﬁaxme upon the dwiainn of Reliance

raﬁm-red no suma in support of the mail

that Artie-1-.e 14 cut’ Comtittxtﬁon af India has to

V in mrgjunctinn with righm $U by other

\\m/

aiﬁaclm like Article 21 which mm to

mam nf short. Iiatizlg by the am. him
witheut tramparcmcy.

of rem.-adm~ dazzulmerlizs to nnt only
arbitrary but alaeza cf fair
the 3151. with at am to from the
fray mowing m be allowed in
hid, it wauid of roam the

contramt: by uﬁh-r1r’ price’ . The above said

is wet]! fmmdcad as
the pmmma who had
guJ5Liu:=.-IVE and rmsom is
cvontz-axis} by the Apex Cour’: in manna csf
cases ‘iyupzm upon which reﬁanne is placw by
the far the peﬁticncr, the legal

laid dawn in thnme decisitzma would aptly

was an band. Further it is rightly

by the lsamad Sr.mw:1sel Ear the pet1tm’ ‘ ner

vmsw’ of the pubﬁc charactm of run;mng’ the
ﬁnnal A1rpa’ rt at Deuanahally by BIAL which is

the statutory function of -the A.A.I, it

mum the docuizm sf rm-pxay, good
mm in all its activitim. a.
duty in act mamazzsably and in a.
whimsical and in the
magma far E01, and subjective
crim’ia stipulamd are by the Apux
Court in 1:: supra. If
mud which are required
to be aanumaramd imritatinza that are
requimcl far ahart liating the
mmam-m their E.c:.1, than the am;
should the same to mmiﬁer
the ef the petiﬁcner En than trade,
ahi; paﬁiianm from mhmitmg bid

of short-}:’sting it ‘m not only

but aha unreasonable and mat aupparrlaﬁ by

law.

pam’m’pamn by gxvang” ‘ 3.0.: am mt .deba.r

ta challemge am vamuy of may prams»

::riterz.e1’ in tlim “Writ Reta” ‘ 11, in support of this

Vmv

oontmticn strerg reliance is plamd upcqw 25.22:

the Home of Lm-ds mpomd i:1(1.S19)1§:£4’E1::II:!V’:.:i:’:ﬁE 21.
3:2 in the mac arms Vb. ﬁzaciaion
‘3 rerﬁarred tn in Broomfs Legal wherein
it mneemaa a win whm-uni; the has mm

‘it is equally aettlad in as of Enghnd

‘ “‘_.:fi;pon the decision of
the Apex Court Vb.

mum-:1 reported we saw wher-m’n the
Am Cour§:ﬁ::e:it:’::;j;1 ;.–s§i]”ﬁ§f.’?7.i.;;i=«c:r}ng tan in» mm: detxmon
mpormd £33 in tlzm was of
um held that tmnm

ccunduct to vacate a premisw

to the ﬂing 9. patitixan u.nd:e:r Article 136

of the of India does mt. amount to

arﬁ raprobatinn’. The Apex Court in the
hald that it crannet impede right of appwnl
and parm’:u1a.r’ ly mm5m1bnna1′ remedy

to him; and aha corrmtly plan-cad rtsliaxme upon

‘ ‘ ~- . bench decisian of the Apex Court in the:

‘\H/

545-.

I
………-…-…n u-an av-nu an nu-uuun-nun ruwn Invest Ur nnnlinlnna ﬂlun uuulu U!’ AHKNAIRIR ITIUH

case of man mm Va. my mum

mpamd in All 1951 ac 1&7 the
dorm-iue in the csmtezxt czf who
court bebw, aﬁm apeczgg leava under Arms
1363 had baern with the 3%]
and be heard two may In the
said case at para. has held that ‘E

3. 4; -. ,.w:¢..h~.__»_:_.m»\ ,
ggt g mag». is rightly submitted by
the: of the petﬁionm that
me mags the acﬁnn of max, in

not guidelines in the go: for

who have aubmittad their
m the though it hula
parbm’ pmrma, as iw right ta ohallma the

of BIAL is neither waived not it is eamppw as
mspondmta No.3 and 4 ta: do as before.
met-:k:1ng’ judzcml’ ‘ mm” in the matter.

‘{3}. The aftasrwaid mmmtzksns am rebuttal by

harmed Seninr {lemme} M:-.F£.N.Haraai1:nha Murthy

an behalf «of respondenta Hans and 4

reiiancae uptm czlauase 3.2 of the
by BIAL to short-list. E013
‘ . The mztire pra%s pex-was
who have aubmitied in the
had was. conducted by cxmsiatizzg cf
eznployaesg eraf third had ncamaary
izranaparmt evaluated of thxsir
strength, may had for the
Airport decision of the semuon
‘ us dacisitm of all
commitbae and am adopted
prac-ass for short liatixg certain number at’

.€£a1§uzse-3.2 of the ooxwmainn aim

eaaenﬁally aeln out the fact that the third

the purpose of canyizxg out the actxvmm’ ‘ ‘ and

dmribm-1 in Clause 3.2.1 of moms am such

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appropriate. Tmefore, it is ”
having regard to the aibmsaid clause
, it was a. part
of the BIAL to mil for any stage
tamder pmcass as haa dam case and
it could mm devised iior selection at’
its own cmicc. However, it is very aim:
to have hm pzayg in and get the beat
oﬂbm from was to give fair
chance to the with various packagm.

The proceaifih’H’V:§?1′;§r;=~,~.[..:’:lj§j§iT’ ‘ng of its esxcluaive

for BIAL to adopt such
devise 12:: assign its right which in its
opinion in which it has full aonmemc.

With mﬁeranm to me said rival ml

we have to anyway the above point in

the pet1t1a’ ‘ net £01′ ﬁlm mason that as we have

rwmrdod. em’ masena while a1:1awm’mg’ painm 1

in this judmt with regani m public dutjm,

I01

funetzm n3/stsatutary duties which am

carriad out by the BIAI. pumuant
pratfwiona 61′ Ssctalon 12 cf
the secxmd raspandent AA to ma
third mapondent-BIAL of thy;-:
nanaarﬁmmzl {If BIBL i1’mB1’nati::na1
airport at . the statumy
fL11:Ictinrm of the second and in View of
the samiszus of the ﬁpezx
Court which am pa-amding pm-amphs
of am the mnwntiaus points 1
In 3 to gr funcztiam by the am
a lmse deed and
mferresd to supra for
‘ggxiaaate Airport mtumrily pemmiaaibie
aftcar Swticn 12(3)(aa) of the: A.A.I.A Act.

its flJ.I1Cti0I3S are that af the Airport

therafcure it has basen diseharﬂ publix:
ﬁ.mx:tm’ 1:13 in prov1dmg’ ‘ airport’ ﬁnality’ ‘ in the
. langc by aatabliahing BIAL in 1:21: vast mctent of

. «mm and odd asczrea of land acquu-ad’ by the

ECG

Karrsamlsa State Gomaat Em ” .

domain pawm in fmmur of the

G%nt emu produocd y wou}.d
aoquimd by the Status purpose of
an:-mufm of an the said land
has mu mmrmma in and in turn
it is imaged in gym the mmpansan
aharelmmm. :11′ am am, its
ad1n5r1inI:ra?;ive m be pm-mm by
mm Baard and thcér actixritiew
are the statutnry pa-ovsasmzas cf
than and Rubs tram therein.
already hsld that BIAL is an
ﬁtéiate which comm M duﬁnnﬂ maxim-
Art:’u::le of India and an intm-prctcd

Supt-amﬁ Conn ’31 ﬁrm mmmm af decisions which

in tha preoedxm pm-mpha of this

whib ‘ the aforesaid oantmzuzioua

ﬂow, award rnf mntract by wtumdim

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103

cm’tam’ requ1rmn’ t under czausc:

pernaittirag eligible persons who
submit tmir E01 um um must;
be trmzﬁpﬁfﬁnt in the and
guicleljnes are requim fr: he the tarxdacr
irxvitatinn tr: comply provision of
Araexe 14 of actien must be
trarmfaamnt it and it should
mmim its as had by
the Apm caurt dacisian an the nbmae
by the kw:-net! counsel on
behalf Lmrned Senior Cnumel
placed relimlce upmz me

Its 14*! idnmnt tn U.S

is aquiwmlm in Article 14 ::f cur

‘ 11 1 of aaicl 14:21 ammamem reads

No State shall malm or ﬁrm any
‘ “””3i.a§di*”‘[iav}1ich shall abridge the pﬁvilagea or

it1’=§:z1ur1i!:im of eitizens of the United stem;

shall any Smﬁe deprive any person of liﬁe
or property, without chm prams of
law; mar deny to any pcmon within its

V juﬁsﬁiwon the aqua} protmﬁon cf the laws.”

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194

‘3’.’his has not been done by mm; in
pemscuna Wm have eaazpmsacl the
paﬁﬁaxnm from ﬁstmrne: of without
intimation to 1:. nwmrare, um mm:
upon by the learned Sri Vinod Eobde far
ﬂzm petitiozwr wmoh and rekrmnt
paragraplm images! in paragraphs are
well founded and to answer that:
abmre of the peﬁioner.

Since we of true: Ian:-me!
for 11:» reasons smtad
supra, by the learned senior
R4 are wholly untenable in
law ‘izere cannot accept the same: as
mm of am in miation 13:) the

Award sum-xiating of the t;e:r1dm:s by it ia

account sf arbitrary and mmmannble

.~ 7

Furthar we: must candidly atatc and

that a.1’wr1;–}istiz1g of pm-sons who

A éﬁbmirmd 53.0.1 including um petitianer in vmam

uni” ar’b£itrMmas.s, lack of 1::-arasparancy,

\¢m,/

M kkkkkkkkkkkk %

colourabie are:-cine of powar parﬁcularly

amenm nf nnrm and guidelines be

mm-poramd in the mag: ‘ the
amencze of suxxh. gllidelinm is the
boumlen duty :32′ thus to as to why
the petitioner has isauanm vi’
tandara and prefer «only Q by aomptm
am 3.0.1 and pamculm’ ly the
$312-eralenaﬁ India. %f<:-rag, we:
have in mmwar in Ewusc of the

company of rmponcicnt No.3 mt

ml? a but aha suﬁers from
mm iiating 'm an admsmmaeue
actinan be supported by vraltid and
The mam are not forthcoming
from "I'he:refc:re:, we have to ma: that thxe

listing af lmparmm 5 to 9 for issuing hernia:-3

withcaut gvirg oppcrtunity to the'. 9"'

at the tim tzxf ﬁnandal bid and awe:-dim

in favour of 5*?-* rmpondent BIAL is once again a

e:nm*m'eafpowe1'byit.

Aoccardmly we answer the above

aﬁxrmiiva.

Paint Hum? ta 9: VVVVVVV W

39. We: have to winst
the BI.FkL far the A_

(ﬂu M We have New as 5
aa»signir1g mzr the action uf the
am in short. noa.5 to 9 ma
eatchmiirzg this Erma issuance of the

tender it has got quaJ1’%tion,

scritmw’ ECII, 1:: has been mm’ im
business and national airportra
in ﬂf uthex mount:-ins and nut muniry

wrﬁmh ms in tlrw aarlirar paragraphs of the

1,.-j~,;:s:?;g.;:.:a.ant, it is name cf tM important aagt which

ham’: weighed 5:; the mind of the selection

of ﬂw ﬂ:urd’ respondent lzeegzﬁ in mew” that

gublﬁc funmﬂm and the pctwmhm is a

pz~m:5’aa. ‘I’he:reﬁre in the ooxzacasuimzs

23’?

a%m:, it has mm apeciﬁcally
vpx} of the A.,A.I.ﬁ. Act 73 applicable no in
quevatiam to foiiaw the nf
mmuﬂmrmad acmzpanm cf the
pmvmom are on than 01′ [Eviction
of umutrmm is made
applicable tn the prmzﬁsw airport. whieh is

hm mugged the mung and
powerful is a public
ya-mm. in mm :15? Section 29:] of the
mama; managmg it, mmrm a:
Ta :3. a]r%y answered while
by assiﬁﬂirlﬁ valid and mam-.
to tha pmvisinm at' the Act and
law the Apm: Court. in catena of mass

…. Thmmfnzm, the decisinn of thb

mm (1990; 4 sec 4-06 at 443

in which deuczisinn nwuhdn Manta':

rs;-afczrrezi to supra is mnsidarad and it has bean

that mam-y actnrxty” ‘ of public authm11.y’ es%113r’ ‘ in

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193

the baokmommd cf the aastxmtian

authority ezrgioys immunity from the Act
weuld “mt act as prrivate by
tint atandard. In View uf our above as
we have airway held it runouion,
the ﬁmﬂmr aﬂegaﬁnm 4%» mpondm:
that action of the from malkac
ﬁzz” tins rmson who has ﬁnned
mum for has been an
emplayae nf and he was
interastacl awarded to
M5 further allegatinns made
at timt the 5th respondent
was (SAIR) which ma also ewmd the
Flughafen ﬁuerivh AG, sha.reho1dm’
at’ cmtwd by’ Swiss Air and it wem;

in 2001. (both the mm ware sold]. Although
alqjacﬁcn is that he was an employw of the
Authxarity and there was no such
whereas he admits that has was an. employee: of
an-pm Authority which hrnlda rm shares in

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109

BIAL and farms: contention of the 5*”

5%: resmndent: is owned and mmun.-{£1
ccmausm and furt1’1m’ it is the 4:1:
respondent alone do nut the am.
deeiderci the mm-. fact. is the aﬁdavit
cf Airport Autlmrity mm: in
para 9 that the nmtttnr bafon: the
Board af D’nectors nfthe

{ii}. Board’ of Directors
‘ma;-kndim out from the deciaiern
maliﬁ and final choice of
than wtpexienm at’ the
‘£Sé§:;ﬁ:ention is that it in a mania ﬁde

We have already held that the short Listing is

was met men’ to the petit1′:anea* to

tandm and Partitzipﬂm in the compﬁtitiarky

.. J _ mt aaaimd for e.xoI\1d1:ng’ the petitﬁoncr

‘ ;ii£§,<'c:pr1:-ort:L1nit3:1v;r"a.ax:x::tg:itweJ1'bot11x3'5¥*= rmpondentm

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11%)

apportunity an "the pmﬁtiozzuar and 9&3 aﬁer
their ﬁnancial hm far tha m-tail
duty ﬂee ahnp in the Airport harm
and mmiitsma mcaanly it would but price
that mum have of zeemm w
the aemnd gross inoomn
that mum lmve bwn aw… 155115113
mndﬁ, ta mt stated is not
only arbitrary by mm. but aha mm
55: clawidod by the: Board of
smarii respondent ix: its
tn supra and not givm
rwponclmt though it was in the
short submitted its bender as we have to

in tha Reliance cnmpuwk cane

tn supra and aha in other mam reﬂex-red ho

lziatim and awarding of wwxam: in favtmr

respondent is not only arbduaxy, the same is

_ public immc-.at but aim is at the imtanee of

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HUI'! LUUKI U1' IEAKNAIARA HIGH EUUKI U!' KRKNAIAKA HIDH LUUKT U!' KAKNATAKA HIGH LUURT U!" EARN!-"R58 H10?! K-OUR! U!' KAKNAIAIKR ﬁlb

and Mumlmi International Airport.

petitinner has mma mm:

Intmnatioxml Pdmrt. the
Supreme iiiaurt granmd shay Mumbai
I-Iigh Court. and therefmre the by it to re-

do the -monitract

{vi}, in this mm, mums inn: such
a aettlemsnt be precluded fwm
canaidering its the matter aa
dimcized by

znwsone, the Wm
The abort-Iistizmg sf
Q and awmﬁﬁng mi’ oonwacst Em
Tm hm-eby qmhm. The 3rd

to was the mafia” aﬁeah from

inf aubmzﬁmsian of E.G..1 by and ot&r5

the cbaenvatiom made: in than garden’ and

laid (10% 13)’ the dacésinm of Apex; Court.
ywtscm shaﬁ he wmplataed by EIAL wﬁhuz’ ‘ 45
ﬂ-om the ef zmipt af 3. my :3? tizfm ordar and

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— . ……… .. .u-mm-unnn mun LUUKI OF KARNATAKA HIGH “COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA Hit?-H COURT OF KARNATAKA HIGH I

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mm we direct rmpondent

mapandant Na.2–~A.A.I ‘:3 am that

‘manna tau BLAL sheulrzl has —- ”

Md’ mp! by ….. ,_

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