STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LTD vs BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 21.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 11.05.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 261/2023 STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Dhingra, Mr. Rohit Mahajan & Mr. Siddharth Agrawal, Advs. versus BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dinesh Agnani, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Leena Tuteja & Ms. Ishita Kadyan, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN JUDGMENT 1. This petition is filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short „the Act‟) against the arbitral award dated 09.05.2023 (for brevity „award‟). 2. The facts shorn of unnecessary detail are that the respondent invited tender for procurement, supply, trenching, laying, installation, testing and maintenance of optical fiber cable (OFC), PLB duct and accessories for construction of Exclusive Optical National Long Distance (NLD) backbone and optical access routes on turnkey basis for defence network. The Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) was for seven packages. The petitioner was successful bidder for package „A‟ for the State of Jammu and Kashmir of the NTP region and consisted of laying 9,495 kms of cable. The work was to