JUDGMENT :

A.K. Sikri, J.

The appellant herein had awarded a contract to the respondent. Dispute had arisen leading to the constitution of an Arbitral Tribunal (having regard to the Arbitration Agreement contained in the contract between the parties) and those arbitration proceedings culminated in the Arbitral Award dated June 18, 2004. An application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’) was filed by the appellant, questioning the correctness of the Award which was dismissed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court vide orders dated March 18, 2009 and April 30, 2009 thereby affirming the Arbitral Award. Intra-court appeal thereagainst, which was preferred by the appellant, has been dismissed by the Division Bench of the High Court vide judgment dated October 19, 2013. It is the validity of that judgment which is the subject matter of the instant appeal.

2. With the aforesaid preliminary comments on the nature of proceedings, we turn to the events that took place, in a chronological manner, that are relevant for deciding the lis:

EVENTS :

The respondent was awarded a contract for installation of Low Tension Load Manage