A bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhan, while issuing the notice to ONGC, Ramunia Fabricators and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, also restrained the state-run exploration major from taking any action in considering the bid. L&T alleged that the high court should not have asked the state-run exploration major to consider Ramunia's bid despite the fact that it violated the mandatory and essential terms of the tender. PTI
L&T counsel Harish Salve said that while Malaysia-based Ramunia had submitted its bid pursuant to ONGC's decision to invite bids in May 2007 for its B-22 field development project, the tender documents were submitted by its Hong Kong company.
According to him, the tender notice clearly specified that the bidding documents were non-transferable and should be submitted only in the name of the bidder or a consortium led by the bidder.
