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India: Supreme Court to High Court – Refrain from stalling tender processes by issuing Writs even if it’s arbitrary or malafide, Petitioner may seek damages.

21 April 2022 by Areez Gazdar & Nutash Kotwal, Veritas Legal

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has recently, in the case of N. G. Projects Limited v. Vinod Kumar Jain & Ors., held that High Courts should refrain from interfering in the grant of tender by issuing writs, even if they find that it is arbitrary or that the tender has been granted in a mala fide manner.