Delhi HC upholds CRPF resolution rejecting firm’s bid for arms provide

A bench of Justices Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta on July 1 handed the order appearing on a petition filed by Stumpp Schuele Lewis Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd’s, which alleged technical bias and unfair benefit to rival bidders.

The bench stated that the petitioner was given ample alternative, together with a second spherical of area trials, and was unable to level out any unfairness within the area trials.

It rejected firm’s argument that climate situations or mirage results induced the petitioner’s failure and stated that permitting a 3rd trial would undermine the procurement course of and set a problematic precedent.

“This court finds that the decision taken by respondent 2 in disqualifying the petitioner vide impugned rejection letter dated March 27, 2025 was not arbitrary, unreasonable or irrational as the petitioner was unable to point out any unfairness in the field trials,” the bench stated.

The courtroom famous that every one bidders had agreed to the trial methodology prematurely, and the petitioner’s objections surfaced solely after failing the trial, making them seem as an afterthought.

The firm contested its disqualification.

Advocate Rohan Jaitley appeared for the Centre whereas advocates Varun Pratap Singh, Dev Pratap Shani, and Yogya Bhatia represented the CRPF.

The firm claimed that it used the required ball/lock base ammunition whereas its rivals used “hollow point boat tail” kind of rounds allegedly in violation of tender norms and worldwide requirements.

The case stems from a CRPF tender issued on September 24, 2024, for 200 sniper rifles chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum and 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

The first spherical, held in January 2025 in Pune, noticed not one of the bidders assembly all accuracy benchmarks.

A second spherical in February on the CRPF academy in Gurugram resulted in two different firms passing because the petitioner failed to fulfill the 400-metre accuracy requirement.

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