Lalbaba Engineering Limited v. Chairman, Railway Board & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 1729/2026 & CM APPL. 8429/2026, High Court of Delhi, order dated 09.02.2026 by Amit Bansal, J. Railway contract dispute (coach toilet upgradation works): petitioner sought setting aside of termination notice dated 22.01.2026, extension of time under GCC Clause 17 A(iii), and restraint against forfeiture, encashment of performance guarantee and debarment. Petition dismissed as withdrawn on territorial-jurisdiction grounds (termination notice and tender issued by Railway Authorities in Jodhpur; tender stipulating Jodhpur Civil Court jurisdiction); liberty given to approach competent court in Rajasthan with ten days' time and a ten-day bar on coercive steps against the petitioner. No statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to approach the competent Court of jurisdiction (Rajasthan); ten (10) days' time granted; respondents restrained from taking coercive steps against the petitioner for ten (10) days.