S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. The appellant - Power Grid Corporation of India (hereafter “PGC”) challenged an award of 09.01.2010 made by the Arbitral Tribunal; the learned Single Judge rejected its petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”).

2. The respondent (“LS Cables”) is a Korean incorporated corporation with a project office in Delhi, engaged in the manufacturing, installing and commissioning of power underground cables; it has experience in many such projects in several countries. PGC is a Government company and Central Transmission Utility notified under Section 38 of the Electricity Act, 2003; it invited tenders for Over Head Fibre Optic Cable in 4 packages, namely 1A, 2A, 1B and 2B inter alia for the installation, testing and commissioning of the optic fibre cabling and associated hard wares. Disputes arose with respect to packages 1B and 2A. PGC was in the process of constructing a worldwide back-bone telecommunication network to connect the main cities in India. The scope of work for the aforesaid contracts included survey, planning, design, engineering, supply, installation, termination, testing and commissioning of optic fib