Supreme Court of India

M/S A.K.G. CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD versus STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.

2026 INSC 312

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 4152/2026
Judgment date
2026-04-02
Petitioner / appellant
M/S A.K.G. CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD
Respondent
STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 312
Other citation
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 331
CNR
ESCR010001162026
Bench / judges
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
Author judge
Not available
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Disposed off
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether the black listing order, in the instant case, suffers from patent infirmities; whether the blacklisting, being stigmatic and exclusionary in nature, can be imposed mechanistically.

Headnote excerpt

Contract – Termination – Blacklisting – contractor with the Water and Sanitation Department was contracted for construction of an Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR) by issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on 06.03.2023 – During the subsistence of the contract, on 01.06.2024, the top dome of the reservoir collapsed –

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