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12. When the respondent failed to carry out its obligations under the Contract, petitioner was constrained to issue a show cause notice dated 23.09.2013 to cure the defects in 21 days and it also listed several breaches therein. In response, respondent denied the delay and rather raised an allegation of corruption against the petitioner on the basis of an alleged email from an employee of Dalian East to the respondent in its reply dated 14.10.2013. The allegation related to illegal gratification sought by an employee of the petitioner and was raised as an afterthought after six months, as a ploy against invocation of the Bank Guarantee and to wriggle out of the Contract. Respondent also intimated closure of the contract.