DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD vs VOESTALPINE SCHIENEN GMBH, AUSTRIA

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI RESERVED ON – 07.11.2024 % PRONOUNCED ON – 03.02.2025 + O.M.P. (COMM) 38/2019 DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tarun Johri, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Mr. Vishwajeet, Tyagi, Advs. versus VOESTALPINE SCHIENEN GMBH, AUSTRIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Jeevan Ballav Panda, Mr. Satish Padhi, Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Mr. Rohan Mandal, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SHARMA J UDGMEN T DINESH KUMAR SHARMA, J.: PREFACE 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 („Act‟), seeking to set aside the arbitral award dated 19.09.2018. 2. The impugned award was rendered in the context of the disputes arising out of a contract executed between the parties for the supply of 8,000 Metric Tons of Head Hardened Rails (UIC 60, IRS T-12-2009, 1080 Grade HH) required for the Delhi Metro Phase III expansion. O.M.P. (COMM) 38/2019 3. Briefly stated the factual matrix of the case and the controversy involved in the present case as averred by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. („Petitioner‟) is as follows:- i. Following a competitive bidding proc