Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1250 · Decided 6 November 2008
Siemens Public Communication Networks PVT. LTD. & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1250 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6515/2008
- Decided
- 6 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Contract Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226: c Government contracts - Tender - Award of contract - Administrative decision, judicial review of - Held: Evaluating tenders and awarding contracts are essentially commercial functions - When the of contract D found bonafide and in public interest, Courts should not exercise the power of judicial review to interfere with such administrative decision even if there was procedural lacunae - In the instant case, the contract was for sensitive army equipments needed on urgent basis - Expert
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