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CloudThat v. ThoughtSol (2025) – MSME Benefits Misused in Government Cloud Tender?

     CloudThat                 V.    ThoughtSol 2025 In a landmark decision that shakes up how government contracts are awarded to MSMEs, the Allahabad High Court ruled in March 2025 on the case of CloudThat Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India & Others . This judgment revolved around the improper use of MSME status in securing a large government cloud infrastructure contract. Fact The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) issued a tender to upgrade India’s National Data Repository (NDR) to Version 2.0. The project required two types of services: Cloud Service Provider (CSP) : To offer core infrastructure—compute, storage, security. Managed Service Provider (MSP) : To handle system support, integration, and data migration. ThoughtSol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. , an MSME-registered company , bid for the MSP role but partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the CSP. The government awarded...