Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has clarified that government or public bodies must also be bound by contractual obligations like other parties after entering into a public procurement agreement, and cannot unilaterally change the terms of the agreement or interpret them to their advantage.The court clarified that the relationship between both parties transforms from 'public law' to 'contract law' after the agreement is made, and government bodies cannot go beyond the terms of the agreement by exercising their sovereign rights or special powers.This principle was established by a joint bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Shanti Singh Thapa in a...