PRAGATI CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS vs UNION OF INDIA

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$~ (Full Bench) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 19.12.2024 Pronounced on:07.02.2025 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 70/2024 & CM APPL. 21475/2024 PRAGATI CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS …Appellant Through: Mr. S.S. Sastry, Mr. Brijesh Tiwari, Mr.Priyank Garg & Mr.Umesh Kr, Advs. Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ….Respondents Through: Mr.Shashank Garg, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC, Ms.Nishtha Jain, Ms.Aradhya Chaturvedi, Ms.Vidhi Gupta, Mr.Hussain Taqvi, Advs. for UOI. And Mr.Gurmail, XEN/C/Northern Railway. Ms.Suparna Jain, Mr.Dushyant K Kaul, Advs. for Intervenor. + O.M.P. (COMM) 20/2024 & I.As. 568/2024, 570/2024, 3462/2024 & 9732/2024 BHARAT BROADBAND NETWORK LIMITED ....Petitioner Through: Mr.Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Deepayan Mandal, Mr.Mridul Bansal & Mr.Naman Varma, Ms.Ayushi Kumar, Advs. Versus STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED ….Respondent Through: Mr.A.K.Thakur, Mr.Rishi Raj, Mr.Sujeet Kumar & Mr.Ningthem Oinam, Advs. Ms.Payal Chawla, Ms.Hina Shaheen & Ms.Latika Arora, Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed FAO(OS) (COMM) 70/2024 & O.M.P. (COMM) 20/2024 Page 1 of 63 By:SUNIL Signing Date:07.02.2025 18:07:39 Advs. for Intervenors CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT NAVIN CHAWLA, J. PREFACE 1. This Full Bench has been constituted to answer the reference made by the learned Single Judge of this Court vide his Order dated 21.03.2024 (hereinafter referred to as „Order of the Reference‟) passed in OMP(COMM) 20/2024 titled Bharat Broadband Network Limited v. Sterlite Technologies Limited. 2. The relevant extracts from the Order of the Reference, which would also indicate the question of law to be determined by this Full Bench, is as under: ―4. As far as the Statement of Tru