On May 27, a PIL was filed over malpractices adopted by BMC while giving contracts for building Hancock bridge and others. File picJustices Shantanu Kemkar and Makarand Karnik cancelled the contracts of J Kumar Infra Projects Limited and RPS Infra Projects. It could have been better if it could have not allotted contracts to them instead of hurriedly giving them contracts,” Desai had pointed out to the court. By Vinay Dalvi | Posted 06-Jul-2016Rapping the BMC for awarding contracts to two of the tainted contractors it had named in an FIR, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday cancelled the four contracts given to two of them. The HC said, “Though the works were of an emergency nature, BMC cannot be allowed to stand against the larger public interest and give contracts in an illegal and irrational manner.

Source: Mid-Day July 06, 2016 04:07 UTC