Supreme Court of India

M/s. Michigan Rubber (india) Ltd. v. The State of Karnataka & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 128

Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.

Decided 17 August 2012

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From the headnote

Contract - Tender by State Road Transport Corporation - For procuring tyres, tubes and flaps - Tender specifying pre- qualification criteria - The criteria challenged by appel/ant company (manufacturer and supplier of the goods) in writ petition - Petition dismissed by Single Judge of High Court - The order affirmed by Division Bench of High Court - On appeal, held: Government and Public Undertakings must have o tree hand in setting terms of the tender - Court can interfere with it only if they are arbitrary discriminatory, ma/a fide or actuated by bias - The impugned conditions cannot be

Authorities it was built on

1994 Tata Cellular v. Union of India cited by 60
2006 Jagdish Mandal v. State of Orissa and Ors. cited by 25
1998 Raunaq International Ltd. v. I.V.R. Construction Ltd. and Ors. cited by 16
2003 Union of India and Anr. v. International Trading Co. and Anr. cited by 11
2004 Association of Registration Plates v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 9
1996 Krishnan Kakkanth v. Government of Kerala and Others cited by 9
2006 Reliance Airport Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India and Ors. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2022 Airport Authority of India v. Centre for Aviation Policy, Safety & Research (capsr) & Others relied on
2019 Silppi Constructions Contractors v. Union of India and Anr. Etc. Etc. relied on
2017 Consortium of Titagarh Firema Adler S.P.A. - Titagarh Wagons Ltd. through Authorized Signatory, Titagarh Towers, 756, Anandapur, E. M. Bypass, Kolkata- 700 07, West Bengal v. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (nmrcl) Having its Head Office at Metro House, Bungalow No. 28/2, Anand Nagar, C.K. Naidu Road, Civil Lines, Nagpur through its General Manager (procurement) & Anr. relied on
2017 Reliance Telecom Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2016 Montecarlo Ltd. v. Ntpc Ltd. relied on
2013 Maa Binda Express Carrier and Anr. v. Northeast Frontier Railway and Ors. relied on
2025 M/s Shanti Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. The State of Odisha & Ors. referred to
2024 The Travancore Devaswom Board v. Ayyappa Spices & Ors. referred to
2022 M. P. Power Management Company Limited, Jabalpur v. M/s. Sky Power Southeast Solar India Private Limited & Others referred to
2022 National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited v. Montecarlo Limited & Anr referred to
2021 Uflex Ltd. v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2020 Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Area Planning Authority & Anr. v. Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited & Ors. referred to
2019 Sankalp Recreation Private Limited v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2020 State of U.P. v. Sudhir Kumar Singh and Ors. distinguished

Of those, 6 relied on · 1 distinguished · 8 referred to

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