SC Quashes Tender Cancellation for Being Arbitrary and Minister-Driven

Advertisement Subodh Kumar Singh Rathour Vs Chief Executive Officer & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court examined the validity of the cancellation of a tender awarded for the maintenance of two underpasses on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass under a Public-Private Partnership model. The appellant had emerged as the highest bidder and was awarded the contract. Subsequently, following a government order transferring certain maintenance functions of the E.M. Bypass from KMDA to KMC, the respondent directed the appellant to stop work and later cancelled the tender, citing techni...