SP SINGLA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT LTD vs STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANR.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 12.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 01.04.2026 O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 384/2024, I.A. 10888/2024 (Ex.) & I.A. 38745/2024 (Stay) SP SINGLA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anirudh Wadhwa, Mr. Kartik Gupta and Mr. Vibhu Pahuja, Advocates. versus STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sachin Kumar, Additional Advocate General, Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh and Mr. Zain A. Khan, Advocates, for Respondent No. 1. Ms. Astha Sharma and Mr. Nikhil Anand, Advocates, for Respondent No. 2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Petition has been instituted under Sub-sections (4) and (5) of Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, inter alia, seeking the regularisation of the period commencing from 03.12.2023 and the grant of a further extension of twelve 1 A&C Act 2. At the outset, it is noted that Respondent No. 1 has raised a preliminary objection with respect to the jurisdiction of this Court, which has been duly contested by the Petitioner. It is evident that, should the objection as to jurisdiction be sustai