Bombay HC quashes cancellation of GAL contract to build new international airport at Nagpur

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of GMR Airports Ltd (GAL), quashing the cancellation of the contract given to the company to build a new international airport at Nagpur. A division bench comprising Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor passed an order to this effect on Wednesday.

GAL had won the bid to build the new international airport here in 2018 and was issued a letter of award (LoA) on March 7, 2019, three years after the bid process was initiated in 2016. But a year later, on March 19, 2020, GAL was informed that its bid was cancelled “as per directions from government of Maharashtra”. No reason was cited for the cancellation.