The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, concluded the hearing and reserved judgment in a PIL seeking CBI investigation in the purchase of a VIP Helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland by the Chhattisgarh Government.
The judgment was reserved by a Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit on Petitions filed by Swaraj Abhiyan and a few others, alleging that a VIP helicopter was purchased by the State in a “dubious manner by floating a sham tender”, contending that one person represented all the three competitive bidders. The deal, they contend, caused a huge loss to the state exchequer.
The Petitions allege violation of the Chhattisgarh Procurement Rules, contending that the tender was floated despite there being no decision on why the State must purchase only that particular model of the company. The original proposal, they claim, had suggested that proposals be invited from different manufacturing companies. The Chief Secretary Aviation Dept., Mr. S.V. Prabhat, they say, had in fact approved a proposal to publish a global NIT for any helicopter with required specifications, without mentioning the name of a particular company or model. They allege that despite this, the tender issued and published was only with respect to Agusta A-109 Power (Elite).
31/01/18 Apoorva Mandhani/LiveLaw.in
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The judgment was reserved by a Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit on Petitions filed by Swaraj Abhiyan and a few others, alleging that a VIP helicopter was purchased by the State in a “dubious manner by floating a sham tender”, contending that one person represented all the three competitive bidders. The deal, they contend, caused a huge loss to the state exchequer.
The Petitions allege violation of the Chhattisgarh Procurement Rules, contending that the tender was floated despite there being no decision on why the State must purchase only that particular model of the company. The original proposal, they claim, had suggested that proposals be invited from different manufacturing companies. The Chief Secretary Aviation Dept., Mr. S.V. Prabhat, they say, had in fact approved a proposal to publish a global NIT for any helicopter with required specifications, without mentioning the name of a particular company or model. They allege that despite this, the tender issued and published was only with respect to Agusta A-109 Power (Elite).
31/01/18 Apoorva Mandhani/LiveLaw.in
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