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PANKAJ BHANDARI, PRAVEER BHATNAGAR
Public Works Department, Government Of Rajasthan Jaipur – Appellant
Versus
Nagaur Mukundgarh Highways Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Praveer Bhatnagar , J.
1. Appellant has preferred this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short ‘the Act’) aggrieved by the Order dated 01.03.2023 passed by learned Commercial Court No.1, Jaipur Metropolitan-II, whereby application filed by the appellant under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was dismissed.
2. Succinctly stated, the facts of the case are that the claimant-respondent is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated by M/s. G.R. Infra Project Limited. Appellant is a Department under the Government of Rajasthan and is mainly entrusted with infrastructure development activities, including construction and maintenance of roads. The dispute between the parties relate to the claims made by the claimant-respondent in the Arbitration proceedings held before the Arbitral Tribunal in relation to the Concession Agreement dated 03.03.2017 entered into between the parties for development and maintenance of certain roads and highways, being Peelibanga- Lakhuwali section of MDR-103, Sardarshahar- Loonkaransar section of SH-6A, Churu- Bhaleri section of SH-69, Sanju- Tarnau section of SH-60,
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