Trident Exhibitors & Anr. Vs Union of India — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Trident Exhibitors & Anr. Vs Union of India — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition disposed of as infructuous on the respondent's recorded stand that the ongoing tender process shall be cancelled and a fresh tender for empanelment of Event Management Company shall be issued, including partnership firms registered under the Partnership Act, 1932; interim order vacated; the date already fixed (16.01.2026) cancelled.

Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition concerning the ongoing tender process for empanelment of an Event Management Company survives for adjudication, in light of the respondent's stand to cancel the unfinalised tender and issue a fresh tender including partnership firms registered under the Partnership Act, 1932.

Court's answer

The Court recorded the respondent's stand, conveyed through counsel, that the ongoing tender process shall be cancelled and a fresh tender for empanelment of Event Management Company shall be issued by including the partnership firm registered under the Partnership Act, 1932, and on that basis disposed of the petition as infructuous.

Ratio / Principle

The interim order operating in the petition stands vacated.

Key takeaways

The date already fixed for hearing (16.01.2026) is cancelled.ratio¶¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, JJ.), by order dated 08.01.2026 in W.P.(C) 19277/2025, disposed of a writ petition concerning the tender for empanelment of an Event Management Company as infructuous. The Court placed on record the stand of the respondent Union of India, conveyed through counsel, that the ongoing tender process, which had not been finalised, would be cancelled and a fresh tender issued by including partnership firms registered under the Partnership Act, 1932. The interim order was vacated and the hearing date already fixed (16.01.2026) was cancelled. The order was passed on the respondent's early hearing application, CM APPL. 1063/2026. No precedent was cited or discussed.

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* IN THEHIGH COURTOF DELHIAT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(C) 19277/2025

TRIDENT EXHIBITORS & ANR. .....Petitioners

Through: Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, Senior Adv. with Mr. Vidit Gupta and Mr. Trivesh Sharma, Advocates.

versus

UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rupali Bandopadhya, CGSC, Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, G.P., Mr. Abhijeet Kumar, Mr. Amit Peswani, Ms. Amisha Gupta, Advs. along with Captain Amreesh Pandit, Officer from MoEA.

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA

O R D E R % 08.01.2026

CM APPL. 1063/2026 (Early hearing)

This is an application filed by the respondent for early hearing of the writ petition.

We note the date of hearing is 16.01.2026. The reasons for filing the early hearing application have been stated in paragraph 7 of the application. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent reiterate the stand taken in paragraph 7 that the Ministry intends to cancel the ongoing tender process which has not yet been finalised and undertake a fresh tender process

This is a digitally signed order.

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for the empanelment of Event Management Company.

Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, learned Senior Advocate states in view of the submission made by the counsel for the respondent on instructions, nothing further survives in the petition.

We by taking the stand of the respondent, conveyed by the counsel, on record, that the ongoing tender process shall be cancelled and a fresh tender for empanelment of Event Management Company shall be issued by including the partnership firm registered under the Partnership Act, 1932, dispose of the petition as infructuous.

Interim order stands vacated.

The date already fixed is cancelled.

V. KAMESWAR RAO, J

MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J

JANUARY 8, 2026 /rk

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 12/01/2026 at 13:02:26