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ORISSA HIGH COURT
M/S. JINDAL STAINLESS STEEL LIMITED @ M/S. JINDAL STAINLESS LIMITED NEW DELHI – Appellant
Versus
M/S NEWTON ENGINEERING AND CHEMEICALS LIMITED GUJARAT – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.
1. The present Writ Petition has been instituted by M/s Jindal Stainless Steel Limited @ M/s Jindal Stainless Limited, calling into question a chain of arbitral and post-arbitral proceedings culminating in the dismissal of an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The challenge is directed against the judgment dated 26.07.2025 passed by the learned District Judge, Khurda, Bhubaneswar in Arb. Appeal No.16 of 2024, whereby the appeal preferred by the petitioner was dismissed, affirming both the arbitral award dated 31.01.2021 and the order dated 06.08.2024 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge (Commercial Court), Bhubaneswar.
I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:
2. The factual backdrop dates back to August, 2005, when the petitioner floated a tender for the supply, fabrication, erection, testing and commissioning of an L.P. piping system and storage tanks for the 2×125 MW CPP Project at Duburi, Odisha. The opposite party participated in the tender process and was selected as the lowest bidder. A letter of intent was issued on 12.12.2005, followed by a purchase order dated 29.8.2006. The work contract stipulated specific mile
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