The Chief Justice of India, hearing a contempt petition against Reliance Infrastructure chairperson Anil Ambani over the Delhi Airport Metro Express arbitration dispute, questioned why DAMEPL—a firm that had lost the underlying case—was still being supported and funded. He echoed a colleague's earlier criticism that the curative judgment reversing the award has damaged India's standing in arbitration, signaling judicial frustration with perceived abuse of process and prolonged litigation after a final loss.

Reliance Infrastructure and its subsidiary DAMEPL continue to press contempt proceedings against DMRC chairperson over non-payment of the arbitration award, relying on the Supreme Court's curative judgment that reversed the award's set-aside. Despite the CJI's skepticism about supporting a party that had ultimately lost, the group maintains the curative judgment is binding and should be enforced, positioning the dispute as one of contractual sanctity and state accountability.

DMRC, the state-backed metro operator, is on the receiving end of the contempt petition and the curative judgment reversal. While not actively quoted in these summaries, the narrative places it as the respondent resisting enforcement of the award, relying on the earlier 2018 set-aside that has now been overturned by the curative judgment.