IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN

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ON THE 12 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 ARBITRATION APPEAL No. 50 of 2015 M/S SETH MOHANLAL HIRALAL Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri R.C.Sobhani - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Mukund Agrawal Government Advocate for the respondent-State.

ORDER The present appeal is filed under Section 39(1) of the Arbitration Act, 1940 arising out of the order dated 29.03.2008 passed by the District Court under Section 30 and 31 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 whereby the District Court has refused to make the award of the Arbitrator as Rule of the Court.

2. The necessary facts in brief for the purpose of disposal of present petition are that an agreement was executed between the present appellant and the State of Madhya Pradesh in its Department of Water Resources relating to the work of construction of Suka Aquaduct in the year 1978-79 and certain disputes arose between the parties. The present appellant contractor firstly filed a suit before the district court at Hoshangabad (MP) which was an application under Section 8 read with Section 20 of Arbitration Act 1940 (for short Act of 1940) and in which the