2024 INSC 757 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 11005 OF 2024 (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 17383/2024) BANSHIDHAR CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED & OTHERS RESPONDENT(S) J U D G M E N T BELA M. TRIVEDI, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The short question that falls for consideration before this Court is whether the Respondent Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) was justified in rejecting the Technical bid of the Appellant, while accepting the Technical bid of the Respondent no. 8 - Company, and declaring it to be successful bidder, though the Respondent no. 8 had not complied with the mandatory requirement of submitting the important documents relating to the qualification criteria as contained in Clause 10 of the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) dated 16.08.2023, and thereby had failed to qualify the Eligibility criteria laid down therein? 13. The Appellant-Banshidhar Construction Private Limited has