MAA BINDA EXPRESS CARRIER vs NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY .

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Gauhati High Court's Division Bench, which reversed the Single Bench's order favoring the appellant in a tender dispute with the Northeast Frontier Railway. The Court reiterated that a bidder does not acquire a vested right to a contract merely by submitting the highest bid, as per the principles established in Raunaq International Ltd. v. I.V.R. Construction Ltd. (1999) 1 SCC 492. The Court emphasized that the railway administration had the authority to cancel the tender process due to deficiencies in the tender documents, including the absence of essential terms and conditions.