₹178 Crore Arbitral Award Against State in ICT Project Dispute Set Aside: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently delivered a significant judgment setting aside an arbitration award amounting to ₹178.98 crore granted against the State of Karnataka. The dispute arose from a government educational technology project under the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) scheme, with a total cost of ₹412 crore. The project intended to cover 4,396 schools across Karnataka. The State government had entered into an agreement on July 22, 2011, with…