LAWS(SC)-2024-10-10

BANSHIDHAR CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED

Decided On October 04, 2024
Banshidhar Construction Pvt. Ltd. Appellant
V/S
BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The short question that falls for consideration before this Court is whether the Respondent Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) was justified in rejecting the Technical bid of the Appellant, while accepting the Technical bid of the Respondent no. 8 - Company, and declaring it to be successful bidder, though the Respondent no. 8 had not complied with the mandatory requirement of submitting the important documents relating to the qualification criteria as contained in Clause 10 of the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) dtd. 16/8/2023, and thereby had failed to qualify the Eligibility criteria laid down therein?

(3.) The Appellant-Banshidhar Construction Private Limited has assailed the Judgment and Order dtd. 18/7/2024 passed by the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 2896 of 2024, whereby the High Court has dismissed the said writ petition, confirming the impugned decision dtd. 6/5/2024 of the Technical Bid Committee of the Respondent-BCCL rejecting the Technical bid of the Appellant.