Reaffirming Alternate Dispute Resolution – Giving Teeth To The Arbitral Tribunal

In two recent judgments, the Delhi High Court dismissed the challenges to the decisions of Arbitral tribunal terming it as 'unnecessary challenges' and refrained from interfering with the decisions of the tribunal as the same led to immense waste of judicial time and energy. The ratio as laid down by the Hon'ble High Court in the cases - NHAI Vs. M/S Bsc-Rbm-Pati Joint Venture and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited Vs. Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited" was a humdinger and has provided a muchneeded check on the unnecessary challenges to the awards especially by the Public Sector Undertakings.

A BRIEF FACTUAL MATRIX OF BOTH THE CASES IS ENUMERATED BELOW:

NHAI VS. M/S BSC-RBM-PATI JOINT VENTURE (THE NHAI CASE)