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DELHI HIGH COURT
SANJEEV NARULA
Technofab Engineering Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Tesla Transformers Ltd. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. dispute origins from contract execution failures. (Para 2) |
| 2. parties' legal contentions before the court. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. court's analysis of contract termination and cpbg invocation. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. findings and conclusions regarding losses and cpbg legality. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 5. final decision to dismiss the petition. (Para 22) |
JUDGMENT
[VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING]
Sanjeev Narula, J. (Oral):--The present petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short `the Act') assails the award dated 22nd May, 2020 whereby the learned Sole Arbitrator, has inter alia rejected all the counter-claims of the Petitioner- Technofab Engineering Limited (in short `TEL') and awarded an amount of Rs. 1,87,17,280/-, along with pre- reference, pendente-lite and future interest @ 9% towards the refund of unlawfully encashed Contract Performance Bank Guarantees (in short `CPBGs'), in favour of the Respondent- Tesla Transformers Limited (in short `TTL').
The Dispute
2. The brief facts, which led the parties to arbitration are as follows:
2.1. TEL entered into five separate contracts with the Power Grid Corporati
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