O.M.P. (COMM) 81/2022 Page 1 of 21

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of Decision: 13^th May, 2022

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O.M.P. (COMM) 81/2022 & I.A. 1927/2022 (seeking stay of award)

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA ..... Petitioner

Through:

Ms. Neetica Sharma, Advocate.

versus

VIJAYAWADA TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD.

..... Respondent

Through:

Ms.

Gunjan

Chhabra

and

Mr.

Aayushmaan Gauba, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

J U D G M E N T

SANJEEV NARULA, J. (Oral):

1. The present petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and

Conciliation Act, 1996 [hereinafter“the Act”] impugns the arbitral Award

dated 14^th August, 2021 passed by a three-member Arbitral Tribunal

comprising of –Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Patnaik (Retd.) (Presiding

Arbitrator), Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (Retd.), and Mr.

Raghav Chandra, IAS (Retd.) (Arbitrators) [hereinafter“impugned

Award”].

BRIEF FACTS

2. The Respondent/ Vijaywada Tollways Pvt. Ltd. [hereinafter“VTPL”]

This is a digitally signed Judgement.

NEUTRAL CITATION NO: 2022/DHC/001972

O.M.P. (COMM) 81/202