About eight years: that is how long a contractor waited before asking a writ court to help him recover time-barred dues, and a Division Bench of the Patna High Court has held that the wait was far too long. Patna: The Patna High Court has dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal by a Rohtas contractor seeking […]
The money had already reached the authority’s account, so what was left to produce? A tender bid cannot be rejected for want of a physical original of an e-payment receipt for bid security, the Supreme Court has held, calling such insistence perverse. New Delhi: A tender bid cannot be rejected merely because the original of […]
The Supreme Court has quashed a Chhattisgarh rural roads agency’s order deducting Rs 84.17 lakh from a contractor’s three ongoing PMGSY contracts to recover alleged overpayments on earlier works, holding that no contractual clause authorised the deduction and that it was made without notice, and directed refund with 6 per cent interest.
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A 35-foot statue of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed in Sindhudurg district on August 26. Consultant Chetan Patil was arrested shortly after but was granted bail by the Bombay High Court due to lack of evidence linking him to the incident. Another accused, sculptor Jaydeep Apte, awaits his bail plea.
The Supreme Court Today nullified the Kerala High Court ruling to prosecute a contractor for contaminated cardamom in Sabarimala Temple’s Aravana Prasadam. Justices stated the High Court shouldn’t have entertained petitions from a disgruntled party. The case involves religious and health concerns, emphasizing legal complexities in religious traditions and public safety.
