2023 CLC 1980 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Citation Name: 2023 CLC 1980 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SA-RA ENERGY CONSTRUCTION TRADE AND INDUSTRY INC. TURKEY, LOCAL OFFICE AT LAHORE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Energy (Power Division), Pak Secretariat, Islamabad art. 199---Judicial review---Scope---Public policy---International contract---Interference in bidding process---Petitioner company was aggrieved of bidding process conducted by authorities in a project funded by World Bank---Validity---High Court could not interfere in the decisions of authorities endorsed by World Bank, to pre-qualification of respondent company---Such decision fell within the realm of public policy and Court in exercise of its powers of judicial review, ordinarily could not interfere therewith and exercise judicial restraint---In high cost projects, the financial institutions like World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development association) granting huge loans always insisted that any project for which loan had been sanctioned must be carried out in accordance with the specification and within the scheduled time and procedure for granting the award must be adhered to---In such procurements Pakistani Law did not prevail---High Court declined to interfere in the bidding process---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances. Citation Name: 2023 CLC 1980 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SA-RA ENERGY CONSTRUCTION TRADE AND INDUSTRY INC. TURKEY, LOCAL OFFICE AT LAHORE VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Energy (Power Division), Pak Secretariat, Islamabad art. 199(4)---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---'Person'---World Bank---Scope---World Bank is not a person as defined in art.199(4) of the Constitution, therefore, it cannot be subject to Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court.

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