JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This original petition is filed under Section 34 (2)(b)(ii) and section 34(2A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking to set aside the award dated 04.12.2019 and the additional award dated 23.01.2020 passed by the Sole Arbitrator in respect of the arbitral proceedings between the petitioner - M/s.Engineering Projects India Ltd. and the respondent - M/s.Balaji Projects and pass such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice.)

1. Captioned ‘Original Petition’ (hereinafter ‘OP’ for the sake of brevity and convenience) is an application under section 34 of ‘The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act 26 of 1996)’, which shall hereinafter be referred to as ‘A and C Act’ for the sake of brevity, convenience and clarity.

2. Captioned OP has been filed assailing an ‘Arbitral Award dated 04.12.2019 and additional award dated 23.01.2020 bearing reference AC No.30/2018’ (hereinafter collectively and compendiously referred to as ‘impugned award’ for the sake of brevity,