Tagged “government-contracts”

2 articles on government-contracts.

Food Corporation of India v. Kamdhenu Cattle Feed: legitimate expectation and Article 14

Decided in 1992 and reported (1993) 1 SCC 71, a three-judge bench located the doctrine of legitimate expectation within Article 14 non-arbitrariness — holding that such an expectation is not itself an enforceable right, but a failure to give it due weight can render a decision arbitrary.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Tata Cellular v. Union of India: judicial review of tenders and the limits of restraint

On 26 July 1994, a two-judge bench laid down the modern Indian framework for judicial review of government contracts — importing the illegality, irrationality and procedural-impropriety triad and insisting that courts review the decision-making process, not the decision.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·8 min