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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
NAVIN CHAWLA, MADHU JAIN
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Reliance Industries Limited – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NAVIN CHAWLA, J.
1. This appeal has been filed under Section 50 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the 'A&C Act'), challenging the order dated 02.06.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in OMP(EFA)(COMM) 1/2019, titledThe Union of India v. Reliance Industries Ltd. & Anr. (hereinafter referred to as, 'Impugned Order').
2. The respondents have taken a preliminary objection challenging the maintainability of the present appeal under Section 50 of the A&C Act. Mr. Harish Salve, the learned senior counsel appearing for the respondents, and Mr. R. Venkataramani, the learned Attorney General of India appearing for the appellant, therefore, confined their submissions to the same issue and by the present judgment, we shall be considering only the said objection. We may herein itself clarify that any observation made by us in the subsequent part of our present judgment, would be only for the purposes of answering the objection raised by the respondents and shall not be considered as a reflection on the merits of the appeal.
BRIEF BACKGROUND OF FACTS:
3. To appreciate the objection raised, a brief background of facts in which the
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Point of law : Section 34 of English Arbitration Act deals with procedural and evidential matters.
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