JUDGMENT

1. The present petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks quashing and setting aside of an order dated 29.04.2021 passed by the respondent cancelling its contract with the petitioner and debarring it from participating in any of its tenders for a period of two years.

2. The petitioner - Johnson & Johnson Private Limited claims to be the Indian arm of the Johnson & Johnson USA, a multinational corporation that develops medical devices, pharmaceutical products, and consumer packaged goods. The respondent is the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, an autonomous medical university and healthcare centre located in New Delhi, established under the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956. It is the case of the petitioner that even though it has been collaborating with the respondent for the last several decades for supply of various medical devices without any complaint, the respondent passed the impugned order against the petitioner by holding it guilty of 'corrupt and fraudulent practices' on account of an erroneous presumption that the petitioner had deliberately misrepresented facts to influence the tender procurement proce