Delhi International Airport Ltd. vs Airport Economic Regulatory Authority Of India

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2022 Supreme(SC) 574

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M. M. SUNDRESH
Delhi International Airport Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Airport Economic Regulatory Authority Of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Ms. Amrita Narayan, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ashwin Rakesh Adv. Ms. Nikita Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Ms. Monisha Handa, Adv. Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Milanka Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Naina Dubey, Adv. Ms. Abhilasha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravneet Singh, Adv. Mr. Alok Tripathi, AOR Mr. Buddy Ranganadhan, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prantar Basu Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv. Ms. Neelam Rathore, Adv. Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Mr. Shubham Seth, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Sanya Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Alok Dhir, Adv. Mr. Karan Batura, AOR Mr. Ritesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar Tomar, Adv. Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Ms. Garima Jain, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Priya, Adv. Mr. Shiva Krishnamurthy, Adv. Mrs. Lakshmi R. Rao, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Shahrukh, Adv. Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv. Mr. S. S. Ray, Adv. Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR

JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, J.

1. The economic liberalisation of the 1990s brought in many regime changes. One of the sectors which required a re-look was civil aviation infrastructure. Modernisation of airports all over the world required India to also step up in its efforts towards the development of international level airports. One can say with some pride that this modernisation effort has raised the status of the airports in India not only to an international level but has also resulted in them being rated as amongst the best in the world.

2. In furtherance of the modernisation effort, the Government of India introduced the Airport Infrastructure Policy in 1997 with the objective of augmenting India’s airport infrastructure and with a view towards its modernisation, development and upgradation. The policy promoted private sector participation by way of Public Private Partnership Model and in furtherance of the same, the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘AAI Act’) was amended with effect from 01.07.2004 to enable the setting up of private airports and leasing of existing airports to private operators.

3. A new policy on airport infrastructure

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2022 Supreme(SC) 574

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M. M. SUNDRESHDelhi International Airport Ltd. – AppellantVersusAirport Economic Regulatory Authority Of India – Respondent

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SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M. M. SUNDRESH
Delhi International Airport Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Airport Economic Regulatory Authority Of India – Respondent