Maha Mineral Mining & Benefication Pvt. Ltd. vs Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co. Ltd. 2025 INSC 1085 - Tender - NIT Clauses
Tender - Notice Inviting Tender - Conditions in a NIT must be clear and unambiguous. In the event the tendering authority insisted on furnishing of the JV agreement alone and no other document as proof of the proportionate share of the bidder to avail previous JV experience as prior qualification, it should have been spelt out clearly in the NIT- when the clause does not require submission of JV agreement itself to establish proportionate share in the JV whose past-experience the bidder is seeking to use, nonsubmission of such JV cannot be a ground to disqualify the bidder for submission of incomplete documents in terms of Clause. (Para 19)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Maha Mineral Mining & Benefication Pvt. Ltd. v. Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co. Ltd. & Anr.
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1085
Coram (Judges)
- Justice Surya Kant
- Justice Joymalya Bagchi
Judgment Date
- Date: September 09, 2025
Caselaws and Citations
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Statutes/Laws Referred
- Tender Document Clauses:
- Clause 5(D) of the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) – Past Experience Criteria
- Clause 8.1 of the NIT – Submission of Documents
- Clause 8.8 of the NIT – Right to Seek Additional Information
- Clause 5(B) of the NIT – Details of Washery Requirement
- Government Circular:
- Circular No. F3/25/2015/13/109 issued by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Energy Department, dated 29.11.2023
- Contractual Clauses:
- Clauses 3.12, 3.13, 8.5, and 6 of the Joint Venture Agreement
