Judgment

Sanjay Dhar, J.—The appellant abovenamed has filed the instant petition under Section 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1996’) against the judgment and order dated 09.11.2020 passed by the learned Commercial Court (Additional District Judge), Jammu hereinafter referred to as the ‘Commercial Court’) whereby the petition of the appellant/petitioner filed under Section 9 of the Act has been dismissed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to filing of this appeal are that on 21.08.2020, Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘JKRTC’) through its Managing Director invited e-tender vide its Notice No. JKRTC/GML/CHT/2020-22/KMR/359 for supply of Trucks (HCVs/LCVs) for various Stations of Kashmir province, for two years viz. for the years 2020-2022. The bidding process was through online mode and the technical bids were to be opened on 09.09.2020 at 2:00 p.m. Certain conditions with regard to eligibility were prescribed in the tender notice and the bidders were required to upload the requisite documents along with their offers. It appears that the appellant/petitioner as well as respondent