J U D G M E N T

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EX.APPL.(OS) 1237/2021

1. The applicant in this application is the award holder, in whose favour the learned sole arbitrator, a former Chief Justice of India, has rendered award dated 7th September, 2018, which was, on applications under Section 33 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the

1996 Act”), preferred by the award holders and the award debtors, amended twice, on 17th September, 2018 and 13th November, 2018 respectively. The second amendment dated 13th November, 2018 is not of particular significance, as it did not tinker with the operative portion of the award and merely corrected certain typographical errors. The first Section 33 order dated 17th September, 2018 is, however, relevant.

2. For the sake of convenience, the petitioners/award holders shall, hereinafter, be referred to as “Landmark”. The respondents constitute the Ansal Group, of which the present judgement would require particular reference only to Respondent 1, M/s Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Limited, who shall, therefore, be referred to, hereinafter, as “APIL”. The Ansal Group, comprising all the respondents, would alternatively be referred to as