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SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, CHANDRA PRAKASH SHRIMALI
Continental Engineering Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J.—By way of this Special Appeal (Civil), preferred under Section 37(1)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for brevity, “the Act of 1996”) read with Section 13(1A) of the Commercial Court Act, 2015, (for short, “the Act of 2015”), the appellant has challenged the order passed by the learned Single Judge dated 02.03.2022 whereby S.B. Arbitration Application No.117/2018 preferred by it under Section 34 of the Act of 1996 read with Section 10(1) of the Act of 2015 was dismissed by holding that there is no application under Section 34 of the Act of 1996 before him and the application moved under Section 10(1) of the Act of 2015 was not maintainable.
I. Factual Aspects:
2. The appellant is a company incorporated under the laws of Taiwan engaged in the business of civil construction, building construction and related works in various countries including India. On arising of a dispute between the appellant and the respondent Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (for short, “JMRC”), arbitration proceedings were taken up by the Arbitral Tribunal comprising of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen (Retd.), Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mukul Mudgal (Retd.) and Mr.
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