Supreme Court of India

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. v. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2016] 3 S.C.R. 551

Bench Madan B. Lokur J.

Decided 15 September 2016

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From the headnote

Contract: Tender - Bids invited for design and construction of a viaduct for Nagpur Metro Rail Project - GYT-TPL JV having experience of executing Inter-City High Speed Railway Project in China, gave its bid - Bid was disqualified on the ground that Inter City High Speed Railway Project did not meet the requirements of a Metro civil construction work - High Court held that disqualification of bid was arbitrmy - Held: The owner or the employer of a project, having authored the tender documents, is the best person to understand and appreciate its requirements and interpret its documents -

Authorities it was built on

1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. cited by 124
1994 Tata Cellular v. Union of India cited by 60
2006 Jagdish Mandal v. State of Orissa and Ors. cited by 25
1989 Dwarkadas Marfatia & Sons v. Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay cited by 13

Where later benches applied it

2025 Prakash Asphaltings and Toll Highways (india) Limited v. Mandeepa Enterprises and Others relied on
2022 M/s Agmatel India Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Resoursys Telecom & Ors. relied on
2022 National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited v. Montecarlo Limited & Anr relied on
2021 M/s Utkal Suppliers v. M/s Maa Kanak Durga Enterprises & Ors. relied on
2020 M/s. Galaxy Transport Agencies, Contractors, Traders, Transports and Suppliers v. M/s. New J.K. Roadways, Fleet Owners and Transport Contractors & Ors. relied on
2020 The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. v. U.P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd.& Anr. relied on
2019 M/s N Ramachandra Reddy v. The State of Telangana & Ors relied on
2019 Silppi Constructions Contractors v. Union of India and Anr. Etc. Etc. relied on
2025 M/s Shanti Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. The State of Odisha & Ors. referred to
2023 M/s Om Gurusai Construction Company v. M/s V.N. Reddy & Ors referred to
2022 M/s. R.K. Industries (unit-ii) Llp v. M/s. H.R. Commercials Private Limited and Other referred to
2019 Caretel Infotech Ltd. v. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited & Ors. referred to
2019 Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation v. M/s Anoj Kumar Agarwala & Ors. referred to
2017 M/s. Crrc Corporation Ltd. v. Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (mega) Company Ltd. referred to

Of those, 8 relied on · 6 referred to

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