2026:BHC-OS:1440 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION NEETA COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (LODG.) NO. 28685 OF 2024 SHAILESH WITH SAWANT Digitally signed by INTERIM APPLICATION (LODG.) NO. 28770 OF 2024 NEETA SHAILESH SAWANT Date: 2026.01.20 IN

08:56:21 +0530 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (LODG.) NO. 28685 OF 2024 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. ….. PETITIONER : VERSUS :

Om Constraction on behalf of Om Constraction Nice Projects Limited JV …. RESPONDENT Mr. Zubin Behramkamdin, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr. Pratik Jhaveri and Mr. Samkit Jain i/b. P & A Law Offices, for the Petitioner.

Mr. Akshay Ringe with Mr. Akash Menon and Ms. Anjana Vijay, for the Respondent.

CORAM : SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.

JUDG. RESD. ON : 5 JANUARY 2026.

JUDG. PRON. ON : 19 JANUARY 2026.

JUDGMENT :

1) By this Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), Petitioner challenges Award of the learned sole Arbitrator dated 18 June 2024. By the impugned Award, the Arbitral Tribunal has allowed the claim of the Respondent in the sum of Rs.19,82,79,601/- alongwith interest @12% p.a. till the date of the Award. The