E-Auction Technical Glitch Found User-Side, Not Portal
On account of technical glitch in the online portal, the petitioner could not make an upward revision in its final price offer within eight-minute window available under the auction process. Despite clicking the “BID” button, the portal remained unresponsive and failed to accept the petitioner’s revised final price offer due to the technical glitch.
authentication is subject to successful PIN verification at the bidder’s end and, therefore, unless the bidder successfully verifies the PIN after selecting the registered DSC, the role of respondent No. 2 under Clause (f) onwards does not commence.
a perusal of the root cause analysis so also the final conclusion reveals that, if any fault is attributable for the failed login by the petitioner, the same is attributable to the petitioner and not to the server of respondent No. 2 where the e-auction process had taken place.
Judgment dated 6.5.2026 of the High Court of Bombay, Bench at Nagpur, in Writ Petition No.8249 of 2025 in Kundan Gold Mines Private Limited Vs. State of Maharashtra and others

