Merely being highest bidder in auction will not confer any legal right: Supreme Court

The Court noted that the government authority is not bound to accept the highest bid in an auction and the acceptance of highest bid is always subject to conditions governing the public auction.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the highest bidder in an auction does not have any legal and equitable right to claim the auctioned property unless the same is approved by the State government or any other authority [Municipal Committee, Barwala, District Hissar, Haryana Through its Secretary/President v. Jai Narayan and Company and Another].

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