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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
NAVIN CHAWLA, SHALINDER KAUR, JJ
INDIAN RAILWAYS CATERING AND TOURISM CORP. LTD. (IRCTC) – Appellant
Versus
M/S BRANDAVAN FOOD PRODUCTS – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NAVIN CHAWLA, J.
1. This set of cross appeals has been filed under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short, „A&C Act‟), challenging the Order dated 13.08.2024 (hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Order‟) passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in OMP (COMM.)411/2022, OMP (COMM.)47/2023, OMP (COMM.) 517/2022, OMP (COMM.) 500/2022, OMP (COMM.) 46/2023, OMP (COMM.) 495/2022, OMP (COMM.) 504/2022, OMP (COMM.) 447/2022, OMP (COMM.) 506/2022, OMP (COMM.) 505/2022, OMP (COMM.) 502/2022, OMP (COMM.) 45/2023, OMP (COMM.) 446/022, allowing, in part, the said petitions filed by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as, „IRCTC‟) under Section 34 of the A&C Act, by partially setting aside the Arbitral Award dated 27.04.2022 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator (hereinafter referred to as the „Impugned Award‟).
2. Both the parties to the petitions, that is, IRCTC and M/s Brandavan Food Products Ltd., being aggrieved of the parts of the impugned order, have challenged the same in form of this batch of cross-appeals.
3. In these are cross-appeals, IRCTC shall be referred to as the „respondent‟, while M/s Bran
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