Emerson Process Management (Indian) Private Limited v. Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
e-reverse auction technical glitch; NIC GePNIC portal server health report; two-level DSC login; Emerson Process Management vs Indian Oil Corporation; Advanced Sys-Tek declared L1 bidder; quashing of tender notification; writ of certiorarified mandamus; bidder-side versus server-side failure; e-tender process undermining; IOCL Vizag Terminal DCS Terminal Automation System tender; interim restraint on finalising auction; Article 226 judicial review of public procurement.
What did the court decide?
On the material filed by the second respondent (NIC), the neutral agency supporting online tender processing, there were 33 successful second-level logins between 13.40 hours and 14 hours on 30.5.2025; it is therefore clear there was no technical glitch on the server side. ¶120