IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY APPELLATE JURISDICTION PETITION FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (C) NOS.622-623 OF

2026 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS VADODARA MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY PKG-08 PRIVATE LIMITED RESPONDENT(S)

WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS. 1567-1568 OF 2026

O R D E R

1. Since the issues involved in all the captioned petitions are the same, the parties are also the same, and the challenge is also to the self-same judgment and order passed by the Delhi High Court, those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

C D H at A e N : 2 D 0 R 2 E 6. S 0 H 2.1S2 LP(C) NOS.622-623/2026 1 Reason:

2. These petitions arise from the order passed by the High Court of Delhi dated 19.11.2025 by which the OMP (Comm) No.467 of 2025 and OMP (Comm) No. 468 of 2025, preferred by the National Highways Authority of India (for short, “the NHAI”) under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, “the Act, 1996”) seeking stay of the operation, implementation and execution of the arbitral award dated 01.08.2025 passed by the Arbitral Tribunal, came to be disposed of by the High Court.

3. Th