Overview
- Allowing an NHAI appeal, the division bench authorized steps to terminate RSIIL’s contract for the 35-km Package VIII and to issue a fresh tender or appoint another agency.
- The court restrained NHAI from encashing RSIIL’s insurance surety bonds and bank guarantees, reported at about Rs 100 crore, until the single-judge matter is decided.
- The ruling follows NHAI’s December 23, 2025 notice of intent to terminate that a single judge had stayed before the stay was set aside on appeal.
- Appearing for NHAI, the Solicitor General said unfinished sections are forcing motorists to take detours on newly constructed parts of the corridor.
- Officials say NHAI is likely to issue cure-period notices for two other RSIIL stretches in Gujarat where progress has lagged.