M/s.Hi Touch v. Union Of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 226 writ of certiorarified mandamus; advertisement display rights on NHAI highway (Krishnagiri toll stretch); impugned letter NHAI / NHDP-V / MC - II/ BOT/ HK / E.2467 / 2736 dated 05.03.2021; NHAI circular No.NHAI/CMC/Misc/ 1302 /2013/ 3 (Part)/54217 dated 10.07.2014; clause 17.15 Model Concession Agreement; petitioner M/s.Hi Touch claiming through concessionaire M/s.HK Toll Road Pvt Ltd (R6); termination order dated 22.01.2024 of the concession agreement rendered petitioner's claim moot ('petitioner has lost his rights'); dismissal with no costs and closure of connected WMP.No.13851 of 2021; other parties: Union of India/MoRTH, NHAI Chairman/GM-TN/CGM/Project Director, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, L.N.Malviya Infrastructure Pvt Ltd; no precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Because the petitioner claimed its right to display advertisements only through the 6th respondent, and the concession agreement granted to that respondent has been terminated by order dated 22.01.2024, the petitioner has lost its rights and no effective orders can be passed on the prayer sought for in the writ petition.