Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 492 · Decided 17 September 2021
Uflex LTD. v. Government of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 492 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 571
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4862/2021
- Decided
- 17 September 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Government contract: Tender - Award of - Scope of judicial review - Held: Transparency is always required in such tenders because of the nature of economic activity carried on by the State - However, contours to examine are restricted - Objective is not to make the the tender should be awarded - Economics must be permitted since the tendering authority knows best as to what is suited in terms of technology and price for them - In commercial tender matters there is an aspect of commercial competitiveness - Merely because a company is
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