Order blacklisting beyond 3 years or maximum of 5 years was disproportionate

Vetindia Pharmaceuticals Limited Vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another (Supreme Court of India) An order of blacklisting operates to the prejudice of a commercial person not only in praesenti but also puts a taint which attaches far beyond and may well spell the death knell of the organisation/institution for all times to come described as a civil death. The repercussions on the appellant were clearly spelt out by it in the representations as also in the writ petition, including the consequences under the Rajasthan tender, where it stood debarred expressly because of the present impugned order...