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31.01.2026 23.02.2026 -- 23.02.2026 AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR ARBA No. 42 of 2023  State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Works Department, Represented By Project Manager, ADB Project, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant versus  SMEC International (Wrongly Mentioned In The Cause Title As Intercontinental) Pty. Ltd. S-559, First Floor, Rear Side, Greater Kailash -2, New Delhi - 110001 ... Respondent For Appellant : Mr. Anand Dadariya, Dy. Advocate General with Mr. Avinash Singh, Govt. Advocate.

For Respondent : Anmol Singh, Advocate on behalf of Mr.

Prakash Tiwari, Advocate.

D.B. : Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey & Hon’ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal (CAV Order)

Per Rajani Dubey, J

1. The Appellant – State filed this arbitration appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1966 (for short ‘the Act, 1966’) read with Section 13 of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Court Act, 2015 (for short “the Act of 2015”) against order dated 11.07.2023 pa