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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Judgment reserved on: 18.09.2025

Judgment pronounced on:24 .12.2025

+ O.M.P. 1277/2013

M/S TRAFFIC MEDIA (INDIA)

...Petitioner

Through: Mr. Arvind Nayar, Sr Adv, Mr. Aman Vaccher, Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Advs.

versus

DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION ...Respondent

Through: Mr. Arjun Natarajan, Mr.Aayush

Kumar, Mr. Nakul Gupta, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH

J U D G M E N T

1. This is a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and

Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) seeking setting aside of the Arbitral Award dated 01.02.2013 passed by the Arbitrator in the matter of “M/s

Traffic Media (India) Pvt. Ltd v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.”

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. The petitioner, M/s Traffic Media (India) Pvt. Ltd., (Claimant in the

Arbitral Proceedings) is a company engaged in the business of outdoor, indoor and transit advertising. In 2010, the respondent, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (“DMRC”) (Respondent in the Arbitral Proceedings), invited tenders for grant of advertising rights through pre-designed panels

inside RS-3 standard gauge metro trains operating on two metro corridors, namely the Inderlok–Mundka Line (Line-5) and the Central Secreta