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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Ambiguity in contractually stipulated obligations favours whom? Court discusses while refusing interference in arbitral award

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., refused to interfere in the interim arbitral award whereby the sole arbitrator had allowed certain claims of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Can possible case of cartelization be determined only after opening of commercial bid? HC answers

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.C. Gupte and M.S. Karnik, JJ., expressed that for an employer to come to a

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Bom HC | Is Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation entitled in law to impose pre-qualification criteria “contractors whose contract was terminated for unsatisfactory services are ineligible to participate in tender”? Judicial Review, Blacklisting & more. Read on

“Government must have freedom of contract.”

Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K HC | “Even after completion of public auction the highest bidder has no indefeasible right till the confirmation letter is issued”; HC states

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani, J., had heard the instant petition challenging inaction on the part of respondent regarding

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All HC reiterates that Authorities not to demand Stamp Duty beyond Art. 57(b) Sch. 1-B of Stamp Act

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., addressed a matter with regard to stamp duty. Respondents invited a tender to repair

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Clauses stipulating ‘deposit-at-call’ before invoking arbitration defeats the purpose of ADR process

Supreme Court: In the case where a Notice Inviting Tender had a clause asking the parties invoking arbitration to furnish a “deposit-at-call”

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | Non-participation in tender justified if participant doesn’t have required system; no bid suppression or cartelisation found

Competition Commission of India (CCI): This reference was filed before Ashok Kumar, Chairperson and  Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta, Members by the

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Pat HC | Tender for placement of security guards holding the procedure of technical bid and financial bid to be manipulated– set aside

Patna High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. rejected a letters patent appeal arising from

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Blacklisting for 3 years from participating in tender reduced to 18 months on balancing of circumstances: Madhya Pradesh HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J., against the order passed by

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Court declines to sit in appeal over the decision taken by a committee of experts  

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The petitioner, who challenged the eligibility of Respondent 5 to participate in the Tender process, was left high

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

High Security Registration Plates: CCI rules out specific case of bid-rigging however, CBI investigation on

Competition Commission of India: The Commission recently dealt with an application that was filed by the Association of Registration Plates Manufacturers of

Case BriefsSupreme Court

In a complex fiscal evaluation, the Court has to apply the doctrine of restraint

Supreme Court: Stating that in a complex fiscal evaluation the Court has to apply the doctrine of restraint, the Court held that

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Courts must be slow in interfering with the interpretation given to the tender document by the owner/employer of the project

Supreme Court: In the controversy relating to bids invited by the Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited for the design and construction of