Ms Chhapra Hajipur Highway Pvt. Ltd. v. National Highways Authority of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, W.P.(C) 1598/2026 with CM APPL. 7782/2026, decided 10.02.2026 by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav. Petitioner: MS Chhapra Hajipur Highway Pvt Ltd (counsel: Karan Sharma, Rajat Jain); Respondents: National Highways Authority of India & Ors (counsel: Sanjay Jain Sr. Adv., Santosh Kumar, Adithya Ramani, Dharitry Phookan). Keywords: territorial jurisdiction, writ petition dismissed, NHAI, Chapra-Hajipur Section Bihar, cause of action outside jurisdiction, head office at Delhi not sufficient, jurisdiction clause binding, arbitrator already nominated, remedy in accordance with law, pending application disposed. Precedent engaged: LN Malaviya Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. v. NHAI & Ors, WP(C) 451/2026, order dated 14.01.2026 (followed). Outcome: petition dismissed; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Merely because the Head Office of the National Highway Authority is situated at Delhi is not a sole factor for this Court to entertain the writ petition, since the genesis of the dispute — an essential, integral and material part of the cause of action — has arisen outside this Court's jurisdiction.