2026 INSC 6 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 37-38 of 2026 [Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 16107-16108 of 2025]

BHADRA INTERNATIONAL (INDIA)

PVT. LTD. & ORS. …APPELLANTS VERSUS AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA …RESPONDENT

J U D G M E N T

CHANDRESH Date: 2026.01.05 Reason:

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:-

INDEX I. FACTUAL MATRIX .................................................................................................... 3 II. JUDGMENT OF THE SINGLE JUDGE ON APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 34 OF THE ACT, 1996 ................................................................................. 8 III. IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ...................................................................................... 9 IV. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS .................................. 11 V. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT .................................. 14 VI. ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION ....................................................................... 16 VII. ANALYSIS ...........................................................................