S P TELECOM vs RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 23rd April, 2026 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 51/2026 & I.A. 3569/2026 S P TELECOM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Udit Seth, Adv. Mob: 9899495968 Email: [email protected] versus RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ashok Singh, Adv., with Mr. Ashok Singh Parmar, AM (Legal) Mob: 9313649228 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”), seeking interim protection against the action of blacklisting vide Letter dated 24th November, 2025, issued by the respondent, on the ground that the blacklisting was done without issuing a prior show cause notice. As per the said Letter, the petitioner has been blacklisted for a period of three years, disallowing the petitioner to participate in the respondent’s future tenders in any region. 2. The parties entered into the Contract Agreement dated 04th October, 2023, for maintenance of the optical fiber cable network in Viramgam- Gandhidham-Bhuj (HQ – Samkhyali) section of Ahmedabad, for a perio