INTENSE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED vs BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

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$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 05.02.2026 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 501/2025 INTENSE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhinay Tiwari, Ms. Vennela Reddy and Mr. Mayank Bhargava, Advocates versus BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Ms. Sangeeta Sondhi and Mr. Amit Patra, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (ORAL) 1. The present Petition, under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [“Act”], has been filed seeking the following reliefs: “a. Pass an ex-parte ad interim order restraining the Respondent, its officers, agents, representatives and all persons acting on its behalf from invoking, encashing or taking any steps to appropriate the Performance Bank Guarantee of INR 2.25 Crore furnished by the Petitioner vide PBG No. 16340100015197for the CACMS project under Work Order No. CE/WO/02/CACMS/2016-17 dated 23.06.2016, pending the constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal and final adjudication of disputes through arbitration; b. Pass an ex-parte ad interim order directing the Respondent to forthwith make arrangements for the return of all hardware, equipment, servers, storage systems, switches and other infrastructure deployed by the Petitioner at the Respondent's premises for the CACMS project, and to provide the Petitioner access to retrieve the said hardware and equipment within a period of fifteen ( 15) days from the date of this order; Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 501/2025 Page 1 of 5 BHATIA Signing Date:10.02.2026 10:56:38 c. Initiate arbitration proceedings in accordance with the arbitration clause contained in the CACMS contract for final adjudication of all disputes between the parties including claims