Supreme Court of India

Isolators and Isolators through its Proprietor Mrs. Sandhya Mishra v. Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd. and Anr

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Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 18 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, these appeals succeed and are allowed.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Contract – Imposition of penalty, debarment/blacklisting of the appellant-firm – Requirement of specific show-cause notice – Held: Cancellation orders dtd. 19.11.19 and 21.11.19 cannot be read as show-cause notice specifically for the purpose of imposition of penalty – Finality attaching to the action of cancellation cannot be read as a due notice for imposition of penalty even if the respondents chose to employ the expression ‘cancelled with imposition of penalty’ in those orders – Thus, the action of the respondents in imposing the penalty without even putting the appellant to notice as…

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