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R. I. CHAGLA
Maharashtra Power Generation Company Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Knowledge Infrastructure Systems Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
R.I. CHAGLA, J.
1. By this Commercial Arbitration Petition, the Petitioner has sought the setting aside of the impugned award dated 21.04.2021 together with impugned order dated 20.07.2020 (deciding preliminary issue against the Petitioner) passed by the Arbitral Tribunal.
2. The Arbitral Tribunal by the impugned award has awarded to the Respondent/Claimant an amount of Rs. 22,06,47,321/- payable by the Petitioner herein together with interest at the rate of 7.25 % from the date of the Award till final payment and/or realization.
3. Further by the impugned order dated 20.07.2020 the Arbitral Tribunal has decided preliminary issue “whether the dispute involves allegations of serious fraud by the Claimant thereby rendered the dispute non-arbitrable?” against the Petitioner herein. Thus, the Arbitral Tribunal held that at the higher the allegation in the statement of Defence is a case of simple fraud and not a case of serious allegations of fraud thus held that the claims are arbitrable.
4. By an order dated 01.01.2022 passed by this Court in the above Commercial Arbitration
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