JUDGMENT

Vibhu Bakhru, J. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (hereafter `DMRC'), the petitioner in O.M.P. (COMM) 513/2020 and N.S. Publicity Pvt. Ltd. (hereafter `NSP'), the petitioner in O.M.P. (COMM) 470/2020, have challenged an Arbitral Award dated 03.09.2019 passed by the Arbitral Tribunal comprising of a Sole Arbitrator (hereafter `the Arbitral Tribunal') under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereafter the `A&C Act'). The said award was corrected by the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 33 of the A&C Act by an order dated 21.11.2019. The award as corrected is hereinafter referred to as `the impugned award'.

2. The impugned award has been rendered in the context of disputes that had arisen between the parties in relation to a contract for "Outdoor Advertising rights on the civil structures of underground section from Udyog Bhawan to Saket and elevated section from Qutub Minar to Guru Dronacharya Station (excluding)".

3. The Arbitral Tribunal partly allowed the claims made by NSP and the counter-claims made by DMRC.

4. DMRC assails the impugned award on the ground that the said award is against the public policy of India. It contended that the Arbitral