Shimla, Dec. 30 -- : Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, seeking to be impleaded as a party in arbitration proceedings pending between the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and Supreme Infrastructure India Limited.
A single bench of Justice Ajay Mohan Goel on December 29 passed a 63-page order dismissing the petition filed by the IIT Mandi to allow it to be a party in the arbitration case pending before the arbitrator.
The arbitral proceedings are being conducted by former Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur as the sole arbitrator.
The dispute relates to a major construction package for Phase-I (North) of the IIT Mandi campus at Kamand, valued at about Rs ...