Supreme Court of India
Dutta Associates Pvt. Ltd. v. Indo Merchantiles Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
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Before parting with this matter, we must also say that we have not been able to appreciate a particular observation of the Division Bench.
Judgment, page 7
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Tenders-Acceptance of tenders-Decision making process should be transparent, fair and open-Viability Range-Not specified in the tender-Determined after receiving the tenders-Lowest tenderer asked to raise his offer to be covered within the 'Viability range '-Offer raised accordingly and tender accepted-Held: Entire process of acceptance of tender is vitiated being opposed to norms viz. transparency, fairness and openness-Abuse of power for extraneous reasons by the authorities would make them liable to appropriate punishment.
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