Shimla, March 18 -- Himachal Pradesh High Court has stayed further proceedings before an arbitrator in a financial dispute involving the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), while hearing a petition (LPA No.121 of 2026) filled by the IIT.
The matter was taken up on March 16 by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin C. Negi copy of which was issued here today . The three page order passed by the court stated that IIT Mandi's application for impleadment before the arbitrator had been rejected on April 18, 2025.
The earlier order had observed that while the institute could be a proper party in a civil suit, it was not required in arbitration proceedin...