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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 11.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 17.03.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 108/2025 & I.A. 5843/2025 (Stay)

UNION OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, CGSC.

versus M/S NJR CONSTRUCTIONS PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Mr.

Hunny Singh and Mr. Ankit Parindiyal, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

J U D G M E N T

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

1. The present Petition, under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, A&C Act, seeks to assail the Arbitral Award dated 13.01.2021 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator in the case titled “M/S N.J.R. Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India”.

2. The Petition is accompanied by two applications, being I.A. 5846/2025, Re-filing delay Application seeking condonation of the delay of 585 days in re-filing the present Petition, while I.A. 5844/2025, Delay Application has been filed seeking condonation of the delay of 168 days in filing the Petition.

3. At the very outset, before this Court adverts to the merits, it is necessary to first adjudicate the accompanying applications seeking the condonation of delay in filing as wel