Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 463 · Decided 20 August 2004
Anil Kumar Srivastava v. State of U.P. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 463 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 675
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5402/2004
- Decided
- 20 August 2004
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Specific Relief Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Public auction-Tenders invited for construction of a commercial C land on a plot of land-Bid quoted by one bidder accepted as his b!d was higher than the reserve price-Validity of-Held: An invitation to tender is not an offer-Acceptance of bids/offers is conditional-It that the sale be set aside-On facts, acceptance of highest bid is valid. Public auction-Scheme floated for construction of a commercial hub D on a plot for a shopping mall-Writ petition filed before High Court challenging the Scheme on the ground that the reserve price was abysmally low,
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