HC dismisses PIL challenging med services tender

The Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea that challenged a tender awarded to a consortium—comprised of BVG India, Sumeet Facilities Limited and SSG Transporte Sanitario—for provision of emergency medical services.

- Prateem Rohanekar

MUMBAI: The plea, filed by an NCP (SP) leader, was taken up by the court suo motu after Birendra Saraf, the state's advocate general, raised doubts regarding the petitioner's involvement in the matter.

A division-bench comprising chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Makarand Karnik, while dismissing the public interest litigation (PIL) said, "It is not for the petitioner to determine the number of ambulances which should be open for the state to advance public health... The project must progress without interruption and intervention of the court in such cases should be minimal."