The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi high court not to further delay the execution of an award of over ₹7200 crore payable by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to a consortium headed by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) which operated the Delhi Airport Metro Express till 2012. The decree became ripe for payment after DMRC’s challenge against the award was dismissed by the Supreme Court on September 9.
The Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) – a consortium of Reliance Energy Limited (renamed as Reliance Infrastructure) and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA –had subsequently approached the Delhi high court on September 12 for execution of the award but complained of delaying tactics by DMRC. On eight occasions, the petition was listed and on January 11, the high court posted the matter to March 29. The DAMEPL approached the top court challenging this order.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai, while disposing the petition asked the two sides to appear before the high court on January 31 and request for an early disposal of the execution proceedings.
