The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered by a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, has ruled that a tendering authority cannot reject a technical bid on the ground that a ‘haisiyat praman patra’ (capacity/solvency certificate) was not issued by a District Magistrate (DM), if the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)
Rejection of Bid for Not Submitting DM-Issued Certificate is ‘Dehors’ NIT Terms if Not Specified: Supreme Court
