NATIONAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION vs M/S CORPORATE INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 05.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 01.04.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 378/2024, I.A. 38340/2024 (Stay) & I.A. 10172/2025 (Dir.) NATIONAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG with Ms. Arunima Dwivedi CGSC, Ms. Pinki Pawar GP, Ms. Himanshi Singh and Mr. Abhishek, Advocates, Mr. Amit Kumar (NTRO) and Mr. Bhaskhar Ghosh (NTRO). versus M/S CORPORATE INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Sibal, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Bharat Arora and Mr. Gourav Arora, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. This Petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, assailing the Arbitral Award dated 02.04.20242 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator in the arbitration proceedings titled as “M/S Corporate Infotech Pvt. Ltd. v. National Technical Research Organisation”. By the Impugned Award, the 1 Act 2 Impugned Award Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VARNIKA O.M.P. (COMM) 378/2024 Page 1 of 38 Signing Date:03.04.2026 14:23:38 learned Arbitral Tribunal3 substantially allowed the claims of the Respondent herein. BRIEF FACTS: 2. The Petitioner, National Technical Research Organisation4, floated a limited tender enquiry bearing No. NTRO/CPC/07/2017 dated 09.11.2017 for the supply, installation and integration of a network solution for the establishment of a secure intranet infrastructure at various locations across India. 3. Pursuant to the tender process, a contract dated 10.08.20185 was executed between NTRO and the Respondent, for the supply, installation and integration of a secure and reliable network infrastructure across twenty-three (23) loca