The Supreme Court dismissed the Centre's plea challenging a Delhi High Court verdict. This verdict had quashed the tender process for consular, passport, and visa services abroad. The Ministry of External Affairs and Engineers India Limited can make temporary arrangements for service continuity. These arrangements are to ensure uninterrupted delivery while a fresh tender process is completed.

Supreme Court to hear Centre’s challenge to Delhi HC decision scrapping CPV outsourcing tenders and ordering fresh bids for key Indian missions abroad.

The Central government has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court ruling. The High Court had previously quashed tenders for consular services at Indian…