New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Germany-based Utimaco Technologies challenging the Centre's decision to appoint state-owned Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) as the sole implementation agency for India's emergency cell broadcast system without a public tender.

"Dismissed the petition with some observations," Justice Sachin Datta said while pronouncing the order. A copy of the judgment was not available at the time of publication. The court's detailed observations and the reasons for dismissing the petition will be known once the order is published online.

The case, which has been before the high court since 2024, came up for an urgent hearing after the Centre launched a nationwide test...