DELHI TOURISM & TRANSPORTATION vs M/S GAMMON INDIA LTD

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 16.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 21.04.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 531/2016 DELHI TOURISM & TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Mr. Soumit Ganguli, Ms. Rajlakshmi Singh, Ms. Vanisha Mehta, Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Ms. Shruti Agarwal & Mr. Akash Sharma, Advs. versus M/S GAMMON INDIA LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ashish Dholakia, Sr Adv. with Mr. Saurabh Suman Sinha, Mr. Gautam Prabhakar, Mr. Yash Bhatnagar & Ms. Ananya Narain, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Petition, filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, seeks to set aside the Majority Arbitral Award dated 12.12.20132, passed in the Arbitral proceeding undertaken by a three-member Arbitral Tribunal. 1 Act 2 Impugned Award Signature Not Verified O.M.P. (COMM) 531/2016 Page 1 of 47 Digitally Signed By:NEERU Signing Date:24.04.2026 10:39:51 2. The said Arbitral Tribunal comprised of Er. Basab Majumdar, learned presiding Arbitrator, along with Er. K.N. Agrawal and Er. K.K. Varma, learned Arbitrators, in the Arbitral proceeding titled “M/s Gammon India Limited and Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation”. 3. The Impugned Award has been rendered by a majority of the Arbitral Tribunal comprising Sh. Er. Basab Majumdar and Sh. Er. K.N. Agrawal3. The third member of the Arbitral Tribunal, Sh. Er. K.K. Varma has rendered a separate dissenting opinion. 4. The controversy before the learned Arbitral Tribunal centred primarily on the interpretation of contractual clauses governing the parties, along with ancillary monetary claims, including claims for i