O.M.P. (COMM) 537/2020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Judgment delivered on: 13.12.2021

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O.M.P. (COMM) 537/2020

SMS WATER GRACE BMW PVT. LTD.

..... Petitioner

versus

GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI DIRECTORATE OF

HEALTH SERVICES

..... Respondent

Advocates who appeared in this case:

For the Petitioner

: Mr Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with

: Mr Sandeep Das, Mr Sitesh Mukherjee an

: Ms Aarushi Mishra, Advocates

For the Respondent

: Mr Anuj Aggarwal, ASC, GNCTD with

: Ms Ayushi Bansal, Ms Aishwarya Sharma

: and Mr Sanyam Suri, Advocates.

CORAM

HON’BLE MR JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU

JUDGMENT

VIBHU BAKHRU, J

Introduction

1.

The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 34 of

the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereafter the ‘A&C Act’)

impugning

an

arbitral

award

dated

18.03.2020

(hereafter

the

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‘impugned award’) rendered by the Arbitral Tribunal constituted of a

Sole Arbitrator (hereafter the ‘Arbitral Tribunal’).

2.

The controversy between the parties, essentially, relates to the

obligations of the petitioner to collect and treat bio-medical waste from

Healthcare establishments identified by the Government of NCT of

Delh