Dhananjay Kumar Mishra vs Airports Authority of India

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2023 Supreme(Del) 1536

JYOTI SINGH
Dhananjay Kumar Mishra – Appellant
Versus
Airports Authority of India – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Shashank Singh, Mr. Akash Alex and Ms. Yogyata Jhunjhunwala, Advocates, for the Petitioner in W.P.(C) 9687/2019.
Mr. K.K. Rai, Senior Advocate with Mr. Digvijay Rai, Mr. Anshul Rai, Ms. Sreoshi Chatterjee and Mr. Archit Mishra, Advocates, for R-1 in W.P.(C) 9687/2019.
Ms. Anjana Gosain, Ms. Nippun Sharma and
Ms. Hetika Vadhera, Advocates, for R-2 in W.P.(C) 9687/2019.
None, for the Petitioner in W.P.(C) 10697/2019.
Mr. Digvijay Rai and Mr. Archit Mishra, Advocates for R-1 with Mr. Vivek Gupta, Senior Manager for AAI in W.P.(C) 10697/2019.
Mr. Biraja Mahapatra and Mr. Nalin Hingorani, Advocates in W.P.(C) 9716/2019.
Mr. K.K. Rai, Senior Advocate with Mr. Digvijay Rai, Mr. Anshul Rai, Ms. Sreoshi Chatterjee and Mr. Archit Mishra, Advocates, for the Respondent in W.P.(C) 9716/2019.

JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J.

REVIEW PET. 154/2020 in W.P.(C) 9687/2019

REVIEW PET. 155/2020 in W.P.(C) 10697/2019

REVIEW PET. 152/2020 in W.P.(C) 9716/2019

1. This judgment will dispose of three review petitions filed by Airport Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the `AAI') under Order XLVII Rule 1 read with Section 151 CPC, seeking review/recall of the judgment dated 26.02.2020, whereby three writ petitions being W.P.(C) 9687/2019, W.P.(C) 9716/2019 and W.P.(C) 10697/2019 have been decided. Original writ Petitioners are Respondents in the review petitions and are being referred to as Petitioners hereinafter for the sake of convenience.

2. Before embarking on the journey to decide whether the judgement dated 26.02.2020 entails a review on merits, it is important to delineate the scope and ambit of interference by the Court while deciding a review petition.

3. In S. Nagaraj and Others v. State of Karnataka and Another, 1993 Supp (4) SCC 595, the Supreme Court held that review literally and even judicially means re-examination or re-consideration and basic philosophy inherent in it is the universal acceptance of human fallibility, yet in the realm of law, Courts and even Statu

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2023 Supreme(Del) 1536

JYOTI SINGHDhananjay Kumar Mishra – AppellantVersusAirports Authority of India – Respondent

JYOTI SINGH
Dhananjay Kumar Mishra – Appellant
Versus
Airports Authority of India – Respondent