UNION OF INDIA THR ITS COMMANDER WORKS ENGINEER HILLS vs MS AMIT BROTHERS & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 12089/2024 and CM APPL. 50297/2024, CM APPL. 50298/2024, CM APPL. 50299/2024 Date of Decision: 25.02.2026 IN THE MATTER OF: UNION OF INDIA THR ITS COMMANDER WORKS ENGINEER HILLS .....Petitioner Through: Dr.B.Ramaswamy, CGSC. versus MS AMIT BROTHERS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Counsel for R-1 (appearance not given) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) The grievance raised by the petitioner seems to have arisen out of non-consideration of the mandate of Clause 70 and Clause 72 of General Condition of Contract IAFW-2249. 2. The petitioner submits that without consideration of those clauses, the 3. The Division Bench of this Court in Corrtech International Pvt. Ltd. vs. Delhi International Arbitration Centre and Others1, has observed that that an Arbitral Tribunal is well within its power to adjudicate upon its own jurisdiction. Paragraph no. 15 of the said decision is extracted as under: “15. It is also clear that under section 16 of the Act, the Arbitral Tribunal is empowered to consider issues of its own jurisdiction and other legal objections that the appellant po