IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR
Engineer-In-Chief (R&B), CRN And Managing Director, Aprdc – Appellant
Versus
S.D.B. Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of the case origin (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. grounds for appeal by the appellant (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. details of the contractual disputes (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. standard of review for arbitral awards (Para 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 5. interpretation of contract clauses by arbitral tribunal (Para 30 , 31 , 32) |
| 6. findings of the arbitral tribunal (Para 37 , 38 , 39 , 40) |
| 7. findings of the trial court (Para 49 , 50 , 51) |
| 8. final judgment and dismissal of appeal (Para 59 , 60) |
JUDGMENT :
Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.
1. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal arises out of an order dated 19.11.2012 passed by the Learned IX Additional Chief Judge (F.T.C),City Civil Court at Hyderabad (‘Trial Court’) dismissing the Arb.O.P.No.1559 of 2009 filed by the appellant/petitioner under section 34 (2) (iii) and (iv) of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘the 1996 Act’) for setting aside an Award dated 31.03.2009 to the extent of Claim Nos.4 and 16 under Dispute No.2 passed by the Arbitral Tribunal.
2. The appellant/Engineer-in-Chief (Roads & Buildings), Government of Andhra Pradesh was the claimant in Dispute No.1 in the arbitration proceedings. The respondent No.1/Contractor was the claimant in
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