Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp. Ltd. vs Brandavan Food Products

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1898

SANJAY KUMAR, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Brandavan Food Products – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G. Mr. Ciccu Mukhopadhyaya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Misra, AOR Mr. Saurav Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Rajat Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Rajat, Adv. Ms. Akshita Totla, Adv. Ms. Priya Misra, Adv. Ms. Raadhika Chawla, Adv. Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Joy Basu, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ritwika Nanda, Adv. Ms. Petal Chandhok, Adv. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Anoop, Adv. Mr. Nishank, Adv. M/s. Trust Legal, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Joy Basu, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ritwika Nanda, Adv. Ms. Petal Chandhok, Adv. Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Anoop, Adv. Mr. Nishank, Adv. M/s. Trust Legal, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G. Mr. Ciccu Mukhopadhyay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Misra, AOR Mr. Saurav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Rajat Dasgupta, Adv. Mrs. Akshita Totla, Adv. Ms. Priya Misra, Adv. Ms. Raadhia Chawla, Adv. Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR

JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KUMAR, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The scope and ambit of interference with an arbitral award under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996¹[For short, ‘The Act of 1996’.], arise for consideration once again.

3. These seventeen sets of appeals arise out of the common judgment dated 10.02.2025 passed by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in a batch of eighteen appeals filed under Section 37 of the Act of 1996. Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited²[For short, ‘IRCTC’] is the appellant in twelve sets of appeals while M/s. Brandavan Food Products³[For short, ‘BFP’], a partnership firm, filed two sets of appeals. The remaining two sets of appeals were filed by R.K. Associates and Hoteliers Pvt. Ltd. and Satyam Caterers Pvt. Ltd respectively.

4. IRCTC had filed thirteen of the eighteen appeals before the High Court while BFP had filed the remaining five appeals. All those appeals, in turn, arose out of the order dated 13.08.2024 passed by a learned Judge of the Delhi High Court in a batch of petitions filed under Section 34 of the Act of 1996 assailing the Award dated 27.04.2022 passed by a sole Arbitrator in relation to thirtee

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1898

SANJAY KUMAR, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMAIndian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp. Ltd. – AppellantVersusBrandavan Food Products – Respondent

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SANJAY KUMAR, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Brandavan Food Products – Respondent