INTERTEK INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 30.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 9613/2024 and CM APPL.39451/2024 INTERTEK INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Adv. along with Ms. Sarul Jain, Mr. Amer Vaid, Ms. Divita Vyas, Advocates and Mr. Saurabh Malhotra, AR. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Goyal and Ms. Megha Anand, Advocates along with Mr. Ashwani Bharti (AGM, BHEL), Mr. Amardeep Srivastava (DGM, BHEL), Mr. Abhishek Arora (Manager, BHEL) and Mr. Amol Aggarwal (Manager, BHEL). Ms. Shweta Bharti, Ms. Tejaswini Chandrasekhar, Ms. Nikita Sharma and Ms. Nishi Rathore, Advocates for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner/Intertek India Pvt. Ltd., under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing the order dated 31.05.2024 (“Impugned Debarment Order”) issued by Respondent No. 2/Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (“BHEL”), whereby the Petitioner has been debarred from business dealings with all units/regions of BHEL for a period of two years with effect from the date of interim suspension i.e. 02.02.2024. 2. The Petitioner also impugns the subsequent order dated 29.06.2024 Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 9613/2024 Digitally Signed By:ROHIT KUMAR PATEL Page 1 of 26 Signing Date:30.03.2026 17:36:00 (“Impugned Suspension Order”) passed by Respondent No. 3/Government e- Marketplace (“GeM”), whereby the Petitioner’s GeM portal account has been suspended for a period of 365 days (starting from 29.06.2024), effectively disabling the Petitioner from participating in tenders floated by all government entities/ departments/ organisations/ministries through the GeM platform. 3. In the present petition, the Petitioner seeks