State not Obliged to indicate HSN Code & GST Rates in Public Tender: SC

Union of India & Others Vs Bharat Forge Ltd. (Supreme Court) It is contended by the appellants that as far as the tenders relied upon by the writ petitioner produced in the counter affidavit as having been brought out wherein the HSN code is indicated, they are tenders issued by the other units of the Indian Railways. Since the first appellant is the Union of India, we would expect that if it is otherwise permissible to sustain the impugned judgment, it may not be fair to not have a uniform policy in the matter of award of largesse by the various units under it. However, the appellants do ...