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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANIL KSHETARPAL, HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Pt Munshi Ram & Associates Pvt Ltd – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.
1. The present appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, [A&C Act.] , arises from the Judgment dated 21.12.2012, [Impugned Judgement.], passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in O.M.P. No. 432/2011. By the said judgment, the petition filed by the Appellant under Section 34 of the A&C Act was partly allowed against the Arbitral Award dated 24.02.2011, [Arbitral Award.], passed in Case No.ARB/RJB/122 by the Sole Arbitrator.
2. At the outset, it is apposite to recount the chequered procedural history of the matter. The present appeal was initially disposed of by this Court on 08.01.2014. Dissatisfied with that decision, the Appellant preferred Review Petition No. 323/2015, which, however, met with the same fate and was dismissed on 02.09.2016. Against these Orders, the Appellant thereafter invoked the jurisdiction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court by filing Civil Appeal Nos. 1050-1051 of 2025, [SLP(C) No. 17307-17308/2017.]
3. The Hon’ble Supreme Court, by its order dated 27.01.2025, set aside the aforesaid orders and directed restoration of the present appeal to the file of this Court. While so directing, the Ho
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