Supreme Court · 1992 INSC 301 · Decided 3 November 1992
Food Corporation of India v. Kamdhenu Catile Feed Industries
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1992 INSC 301 · [1992] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4731/1992
- Decided
- 3 November 1992
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, YOGESHWAR DAYAL, N. VENKATACHALA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: C Article 14-Contractual transactions of State or its instmmentality-Es- sential requisites-Non-arbitrariness, fairness in action and due consideration of legitimate expectation-Ignoring the highest bid-Negotiations for higher offer and acceptance thereof--Validity of part of non-arbitrariness and Rule of Law-To be determined in the larger public interesr--Open to judicial review. The appellant-Corporation invited tenders for sale of stocks of E damaged food-grains. The respondent's bid was the highest. Since the appellant was not satisfied about the
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