Supreme Court of India

Tata Motors Limited v. The Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (best) and Others

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 695
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 19 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the B EST committed no error or cannot be held guilty of favorit ism, etc. in allowing EVEY to submit a revised Annexure Y as the earlier one was incorrec t on account of a clerical error.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Power of Judicial review – Contractua l/ commercial matters – Held: Courts should exercise a lot o f restraint while exercising Powers of judicial review in contr actual or commercial matters – In contracts involving technic al issues the courts should be even more reluctant – Courts must also not interfere where such interference will cause unnecessary loss to the public exchequer – In the present case, TATA Motors deviat ed from the material and the essential term of the Tender – High Court having once declared TATA Motors as non-responsive and hav ing stood

Where later benches applied it

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