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Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), must be a relieved man! DMRC will not have to pay Rs.76.87 billion to Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAMEPL), an Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Infrastructure company, after the Supreme Court decided to grant it relief through a curative petition, which is significant for its implications on PPPs, investor confidence and the legal system. It highlights the court's commitment to justice and sets a precedent for future disputes in similar projects. The Supreme Court quashed an arbitral tribunal award directing DMRC to pay the amount to DAMEPL, an SPV of Reliance and Spain’s Construcciones Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud exercised the apex court’s rare powers under Article 142 of the Constitution in a curative petition filed by DMRC to lift the “exorbitant� liability off the public utility’s shoulders. The CJI said DMRC had suffered a “grave miscarriage of justice�. The Court observed, “The process of arbitration was perverted by the arbitral tribunal to provide an undeserved windfall to DAMEPL.�