The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court judgment setting aside the technical evaluation process for outsourcing Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) services at Indian Missions in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia), while directing the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to complete the fresh tender process within three months. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana dismissed the Centre’s special leave petition (SLP) challenging the Delhi High Court verdict. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, submitted that the Delhi High Court had erred in quashing the tender process and contended that the evaluation criteria had been applied on the basis of each bidder’s individual competence.The Centre had approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment, and on July 17, SG Mehta mentioned the matter before the apex court seeking an urgent hearing, following which it was listed for hearing on Monday.