Dani Aviation Service (private) Limited and Sivakumar Eliyathamby Sinnarajah vs Sri Lankan Air Lines Ltd – WRIT/228/2016-2016

In the case between Dani Aviation Service (Private) Limited and Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd, the court addressed whether the termination of Dani Aviation’s ground handling service contract at Chennai Airport and the subsequent award of the contract to a new provider complied with applicable procurement procedures and legal requirements. It was held that the failure to produce a formal Evaluation Committee report signed by all committee members did not, in the circumstances, constitute sufficient grounds to invalidate the Board of Directors’ decision to award the contract. The principle reaffirmed was that strict adherence to procedural formalities, absent demonstrable prejudice or statutory violation, does not alone justify judicial intervention in procurement decisions, especially where alter