* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 23^rd JANUARY, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF:

+ I.A. 1707/2020 & I.A. 7844/2022 IN O.M.P. (COMM) 338/2020 NHPC LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Maninder Acharya, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath, Mr. Nakul Sachdeva, Mr. Shrinkhala Tiwari, Harshit Singh and Mr. Abhinandan Sharma, Advocates versus CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR, M/S PATEL-L&T CONSORTIUM-PARBATI HE PROJECT STAGE-III .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amitesh Chand Mishra, Mr.

Prashant Kumar Mishra, Advocates CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

JUDGMENT

I.A. 1707/2020 & I.A. 7844/2022

1. The present Petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as „the Arbitration Act‟) has been filed challenging the Award dated 18.04.2017 (hereinafter referred to as the „Impugned Award‟) passed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal.

2. I.A. 1707/2020 has been filed by the Petitioner under Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as „the Limitation Act’

seeking condonation of delay of 2 years, 5 months and 18 days in filing the present Petition on the ground that the Petitioner was bonafidely pursuing its remed