Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 505 · Decided 9 November 1994
M/S New Horizons LTD. and Another v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 505 · [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 310
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7230/1994
- Decided
- 9 November 1994
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, M.K. MUKHERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Constitution, of India-Article 14--Tender for compiling, printing and supplying telephone directories-Tenderer a joint venture with one of its constituents having the requisite experience-Tenderer offering royalty with large margin of difference-Tender Evaluation Committee not considering tender have experience fn their own name and had not substantiated their capacity to execute the work-Whether arbitrary-Held, a certain measure of 'free play in the joints' is necessary for an administrative body functioning in an admistrptive sphere-Jn commercial transaction, requirement of experience
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