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DELHI HIGH COURT
C.HARI SHANKAR
General Manager Northern Railway – Appellant
Versus
Pioneer Publicity Corporation – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. contractual obligations outline publicity rights. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. claims for license fee adjustments due to site non-availability. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 3. arbitration allowed claims based on contract conditions. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 4. ppc entitled to area as per initial contract. (Para 30 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 40) |
| 5. court dismisses appeal upholding arbitration rulings. (Para 52 , 53 , 58) |
JUDGMENT
1. These petitions arise out of Interim Award-I dated 19th May, 2010, Interim Award-II dated 1st November, 2010 and interim Award (III) dated 29th October, 2012, passed by the learned Arbitrator in arbitral proceedings between Pioneer Publicity Corporation Pvt. Ltd. ("PPC" hereinafter), as the claimant and the General Manager, Northern Railway ("the Railways" hereinafter) as the respondent. Of the three Interim Awards, OMP (Comm) 154/2020, by the Railways, assails Interim Award III dated 29th October, 2012. Interim Awards I and II have not been challenged by either party. OMP (Enf) (Comm) 120/2018 by PPC seeks enforcement of all the three Interim arbitral Awards.
Facts
2. Vide Commercial Circular No. 36 of 2006 dated 1st May, 2006, the Railway Board in the
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