Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 818 · Decided 23 November 2011
Union of India v. COL. L.S.N. Murthy & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 818 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2755/2007
- Decided
- 23 November 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Contract Act Section 23; Arbitration Act Section 34
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950: Arlie/es 13(2), 13(3)(a) - Agreement between Union of India and respondent no.2 for supply of fruit - Dispute arose between them and matter C referred to arbitrator - Arbitrator held that the said agreement was void and not enforceable as the consideration of the of the Government of India, Ministry of Defence (GO/) - As per the letter issued by GO/, if the rate quoted by a tenderor was lower o than 20% of the reasonable rates, the rate would be treated as fictitious and the tender would be rejected by a panel of officers - Whether the agreement
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