Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Article 14 & Public Procurement | Arbitrary Tender Rejection of Lowest Bidder Without Objective Reasons Violates Constitutional Fairness : Chhattisgarh HC Awards Compensation
Chhattisgarh High Court rules that rejecting the lowest bidder in public procurement without objective justification amounts to arbitrariness under Article 14, entitling the aggrieved party to compensation. The judgment reinforces contractual fairness in government tenders and sets a precedent for challenging capricious tender decisions.