DND toll row: SC stays arbitral proceedings

The Supreme Court Friday stayed arbitral proceedings between the Noida authority and private firm NTBCL over issues related to toll collection on Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway.

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed the order while hearing an interim application filed by the Noida authority which has challenged the arbitral proceedings.

"We deem it appropriate to stay the arbitral proceedings," the bench said.

The interim application was filed by the authority in a pending appeal filed by Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd (NTBCL), which was running the flyway, in the apex court against the Allahabad High Court's order.

In October 2016, the high court had asked NTBCL to stop collecting toll from commuters plying on the DND flyway.

During the hearing on Friday, the apex court initially observed, "If the arbitrator wants to decide the matter, we will not interfere but if arbitrator does not decide the matter, then we will look into it."