IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Arb. Appeal No.224 of 2025 Decided on: 10th December, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Highway Authority of India …..Appellant Versus Khushal Chand and others .....Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Du a Whether approved for re porting?

For the Appellant: Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Ex-parte.

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Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Challenge in this arbitration appeal filed under hSection 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short ‘the Act’) is to the judgment dated 25.06.2022 passed by the learned District Judge, Mandi in Case No.121 of 2019 (National Highways Authority of India Versus Khushal Chand and others), whereby appellant’s application under Section 34 of the Act was dismissed and the award passed by the learned Arbitrator on 22.03.2019 in Petition No.478/2014 was affirmed.

Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.

2. It is seen from the record that the learned Arbitrator had disposed of several claims under common award dated 22.03.2019, which gave rise to several applications filed by the appellant under Section 3.4 of the Act before the learned District Judge, Mandi. All those applications were dismissed vide common judgment dated 25.06.2022. Present is one such oappeal arising out of the common judgment.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant apprises that the appellant has upreferred several appeals in different cases arising out of the common judgment dated 25.06.2022 passed by the learned District Judge, Mandi, which are pending consideration. It has also been apprised that in the instant appeal, the amount involved is only Rs.41,044/-, which stands deposited by the appellant in the Registry of this Court.

4. Taking note of the fact that the amount involved in this appeal is very meagre, therefore, it is not considered desirable to examine the questions of law raised in this appeal. Merely on that basis, the present arbitration appeal is disposed of, leaving all questions of law open and to be considered & examined in other appeals filed by the appellant arising out of the common judgment dated

25.06.2022 passed by the learned District Judge, Mandi. It is made clear that disposal of this appeal on the ground of meagre amount involved will not impact in any manner the consideration and decision of other appeals .on the questions of law involved therein.

The present appeal stands di sposed of in the above terms, so also the opending miscellaneous application(s), if any.

u Jyotsna Rewal Dua December 10, 2025 Judge Mukesh o