ISAS Briefs

The judgement by a single Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in India on 12 September 2016, staying the development process of the Amaravati Capital Region in the reconstituted State (province), is likely to be seen as a political setback to the State Chief Minister as well as a dampener for investments by Singapore companies in India and more so in Andhra Pradesh.The High Court of Andhra Pradesh, by the order of a Single Judge on 12 September 2016, has ordered as follows: -Now, the present position today, after final arguments were heard on 8.9.2016, is that last date of submission of the bids by the interested applicants who have to make a counter challenge/proposal is 13.9.2016 i.e. tomorrow. -In the absence of data relating to the Revenue share/Commercial bid of the OPP, interested applicants, who under Sec. 2 (ss) of the Act to give their counter challenge, have no time for filing their counter challenge. Therefore the interested parties are prima facie handicapped. -A final decision on the issues raised in the case can be made only at the time of disposal of the main Writ Petitions. Since it is not possible to decide the merits of the main Writ Petitions in the short time available before 13.9.2016, the Court therefore considered whether the bids can be allowed to be opened on 16.9.2016, in the state of affairs mentioned above, or whether prudence, justice, public interest and interests of the State would be better served by granting a stay of further proceedings pending disposal of the main Writ Petition so that the defects can be rectified early