JUDGMENT :

SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J.

1. Heard Sri. Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the appellant through video conferencing and Sri. Shesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent- claimant who is present in Court. Sri. Gaurav Pundir, learned counsel is also present through video conference on behalf of a brother of respondent no. 1. His impleadment application stands rejected by order dated 25.11.2020. Hence, he was not heard.

2. The present appeal is directed against the order dated 07.03.2020 passed by the District Judge, Mathura in Miscellaneous Arbitration Case No. 35 of 2017, Bhartiya Rashtriya Rajmarg Pradhikaran vs. Rajesh Kaushik and Others. By that order, the learned District Judge, Mathura has rejected the objection filed by the appellant under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’) as not maintainable. That objection had been filed against the award of the arbitrator dated 25.10.2016, referable to Section 3-G (5) of The National Highways Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Highways Act’) arising from the order dated 31.01.2013 passed by the competent authority. Perusal of that order reveals, a