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Uflex Ltd. v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 17 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the succeeding party must get costs and the party which loses must pay costs.

Judgment, page 36

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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 Court an appellate authority to scrutinize as to whom 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 more…

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