HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW Arbitration Appeal No. - 53 of 2023 Laxmi Kant Pandey …..Appellant(s)

Versus Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. thru. Deputy General Manager, Lucknow …..Respondent(s)

Counsel for Appellant(s) : Gaurav Mehrotra, (Sr. Adv) with Anupam Mishra, Madhur Jhawar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Aprajita Bansal, Anilesh Tewari, Ms. Gursimran Kaur, Ms. Shreya Pahwa AFR Reserved on : 19.03.2026 Delivered on : 23.04.2026 Chief Justice Court HON’BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE JASPREET SINGH, J.

(Per: Jaspreet Singh, J.)

1. The appellant has preferred the instant appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1996’) assailing the judgment and order passed by the Commercial Court-II, Lucknow dated 19.04.2023 in Arbitration Case No. 766 of 2019 whereby his petition under Section 34 of the Act of

1996 was dismissed and the arbitral award dated 26.04.2019 passed by the Sole Arbitrator was affirmed.

Factual Background:-

2. In order to appreciate the controversy involved in the instant appeal, it will be apt to take a brief glance at the facts leading up to this appeal.

3. The appellant was a d