https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157367 A statutory corporation under deep and pervasive Government control was treated as "State" within Article 12 and therefore bound by Article 14. In public contracting, it could not depart from an objective eligibility condition it had itself prescribed, and acceptance of a tender from a bidder who did not satisfy that condition was arbitrary and discriminatory. Relief was nevertheless refused on discretionary grounds because the challenge was delayed, the successful tenderer had altered its position and incurred expenditure, and the litigation was not pursued in a bona fide direct contest. The judgment thus affirmed constitutional discipline over State instrumentalities in tender matters while declining to disturb the existing arrangement. en-us Fri, 04 May 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157367 A statutory corporation under deep and pervasive Government control was treated as "State" within Article 12 and therefore bound by Article 14. In public contracting, it could not depart from an objective eligibility condition it had itself prescribed, and acceptance of a tender from a bidder who did not satisfy that condition was arbitrary and discriminatory. Relief was nevertheless refused on discretionary grounds because the challenge was delayed, the successful tenderer had altered its position and incurred expenditure, and the litigation was not pursued in a bona fide direct contest. The judgment thus affirmed constitutional discipline over State instrumentalities in tender matters while declining to disturb the existing arrangement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 May 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157367