SC Quashes Tender Cancellation for Being Arbitrary and Minister-Driven

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 technical faults, ambig...