M/S NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA vs M/S HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 26.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 08.01.2026 O.M.P. 1556/2014 M/S NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A P Singh, Mr. Naman, Saraswat, Mr. Varnit Vashishth, Advocates versus M/S HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD ....Respondent Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Ms. Shruti Arora, Ms. Vasundhara Bakhru, Ms. Tarini Khurana, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH JUDGMENT 1. This is a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) seeking to challenge the Arbitral Award dated 22.07.2014 passed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal (“Tribunal”) in the matter of “Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. M/s. National Highways Authority of India‖. 2. The petitioner (respondent before the Tribunal) is a statutory body constituted under Section 3 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1998, for the purpose of developing, maintaining, and managing the National Highways entrusted to it by the Central Government. The respondent (claimant before the Tribunal) is an entity engaged in the business of providing various services on contr