https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191300 A tender condition requiring experience in metro civil construction had to be construed on its own terms, and experience in an inter-city high speed railway project did not make the word "metro" redundant. The Court treated a metro railway as a distinct rail-guided mass rapid transit system and gave weight to the tendering authority's understanding of its own requirement. In tender review, judicial interference is limited to the decision-making process and is justified only for mala fides, favouritism, or a decision so arbitrary, irrational, or perverse that no reasonable authority could have reached it. As no such defect was shown, rejection of the bid was upheld and the High Court's interference was set aside. en-us Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191300 A tender condition requiring experience in metro civil construction had to be construed on its own terms, and experience in an inter-city high speed railway project did not make the word "metro" redundant. The Court treated a metro railway as a distinct rail-guided mass rapid transit system and gave weight to the tendering authority's understanding of its own requirement. In tender review, judicial interference is limited to the decision-making process and is justified only for mala fides, favouritism, or a decision so arbitrary, irrational, or perverse that no reasonable authority could have reached it. As no such defect was shown, rejection of the bid was upheld and the High Court's interference was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191300