{"id":296992,"date":"2023-07-17T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=296992"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:21:49","slug":"delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Delhi High Court:<\/b> A petition was filed under Section 34<\/a> of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> assailing the Arbitral Award dated 11-01-2009, read with the order dated 26-02-2009 passed by the Arbitral Tribunal on an application filed by the petitioner under Section 33(1)<\/a> of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a>. Sachin Datta, J., sets aside the arbitral award as entertaining financial claims based on novel mathematical derivations, without proper foundation in the pleadings and\/or without any cogent evidence in support thereof can cause great prejudice to the opposite party.<\/p>\n

The disputes between the parties pertaining to a contract for the construction of civil works of pressure shafts and powerhouse complex of the ‘Nathpa Jhakri Hydro-Electric project’. The subject matter of the dispute is the alleged quantum increase in the minimum wages payable to labour during the execution of the contract. It is the case of the respondent (‘claimant’ before the Arbitral Tribunal) that, as of 30 days prior to submission of the bid, the minimum wage of unskilled labour, as notified by the State Government of Himachal Pradesh was Rs. 22\/- per day which was subsequently after submission of the bid, was increased to Rs. 24\/- per day w.e.f. 14-11-1993 and thereafter to Rs. 26\/- per day w.e.f. 01-10-1994. This had a quantum increase to Rs. 45.75\/- per day w.e.f. 01-03-1996.<\/p>\n

The impugned award held that the respondent\/claimant had incurred expenditure of Rs.77.26 crores towards labour wages during execution of the contract in the relevant period. Out of the aforesaid expenditure of Rs. 77.26 crores, Rs. 35.62 crores was inbuilt in the BOQ item rates, and was realised during execution of the said BOQ items. In addition to the aforesaid amount of Rs. 35.62 crores, the respondent also realised Rs.14.21 crores through escalation payable under Clause 70 (iii) of the GCC. The actual amount of escalation paid to the Respondent by applying the formula contained in Clause 70(iii) of the GCC is Rs. 43.18 crores.<\/p>\n

However, for the purpose of making out a claim, the respondent (Claimant) has assumed the labour escalation recovered by it to be only to the tune of Rs. 14.39 crores i.e. 1\/3rd of Rs. 43.18 crores on the basis that the price escalation formula is premised on the labour component being 30% whereas according to the Respondent (Claimant), while submitting their bid, they had indicated the breakdown of their rates in a sealed cover, as per which labour component is only to the tune of 10%.<\/p>\n

Hence, the labour escalation paid under Clause 70(iii) has also been scaled down proportionately to compute the claim. Thus, the total amount the respondent recovered towards labour was Rs. 49.83 crores (Rs. 35.62 crores + Rs.14.21 crores. The balance of Rs. 27.42 crores as the additional expenditure were occasioned due to the revision of minimum wages (the difference of aggregate expenditure amount of Rs.77.26 crores and the recovered amount of Rs. 49.83 crores). Thus, the Tribunal, after making some adjustments keeping in mind the claim period, sustains the entitlement of the respondent for an amount of Rs. 26.90 crores.<\/p>\n

On the aspect that whether the respondent was able to establish the extent of additional cost(s) asserted by it as having been incurred on account of revision of Minimum Wages, the Court noted that the formula propounded by the respondent in its statement of claim to work out the additional cost on account of enhancement of minimum wages, was rejected by the arbitral tribunal itself (as noticed herein above). It was in the light of the difficulty with the formula propounded by the respondent that it sought to found its claim on basis of the actual additional cost borne by it. However, while avowedly seeking to demonstrate the “actual amount paid towards enhanced wages” the respondent resorts to a mathematical derivation [as contained in Statement-2, (supra)]. This was not materially different from the formula propounded by the claimant originally alongwith its statement of claim which was rejected by the arbitral tribunal itself. Thus, there was no basis for the arbitral tribunal to reach the conclusion that the respondent had “incurred an expenditure of Rs. 77.26 crores” towards labour wages in the relevant claim period.<\/p>\n

On the aspect how much of the expenditure incurred by the claimant towards labour wages, it was recovered through the BOQ item rates, the Court noted that even though the actual amount paid to the respondent\/claimant towards labour escalation is Rs. 43.18 crores, it was notionally reduced to Rs. 14.39 crores. (1\/3rd of Rs. 43.18 crores). Thus, although, by applying the price escalation formula incorporated in clause 70(iii) of the GCC, the respondent has pocketed an amount of Rs. 43.18 crores, for the purpose of assessing the claim of the Respondent, this amount has been assumed to be Rs. 14.39 crores which is clearly ex-facie arbitrary, perverse and results in re-writing the contract between the parties.<\/p>\n

The Court observed that there is simply no basis to conclude that although labour escalation is computed and paid on 30% of the contract price, however, it must be assumed that out of this 30% percent, only 10% thereof is towards labour costs and 20% is in respect of other heads of cost. The notional scaling down of the labour escalation amount (from Rs. 43.18 crores to Rs. 14.39 crores) results in re-writing Annexure-XI of the contract. It is also unfathomable that when an amount of Rs. 43.18 crores has been actually paid to the respondent towards labour escalation, why should 2\/3rd thereof be ignored while assessing the extent to which the Respondent\/ Claimant was required to be compensated on account of increase in minimum wages.<\/p>\n

The Court further observed that it is also unfathomable as to how and on what basis it has been concluded that 2\/3rd of Rs. 43.18 crores (i.e. Rs. 28.78 crores), although paid to the Respondent under the head “labour escalation” was towards items “other than labour expenses”. It is completely perverse to proceed on the basis that the respondent\/claimant realised only an amount of Rs.14.21 crores (and not 43.18 crores) through escalation payable under Clause 70 (iii) of the GCC. Thus, entertaining financial claims based on novel mathematical derivations, without proper foundation in the pleadings and\/or without any cogent evidence in support thereof can cause great prejudice to the opposite party. Especially in the context of construction contracts where amounts involved are usually astronomical, any laxity in evidentiary standards and absence of adequate diligence on the part of an arbitral tribunal in closely scrutinizing financial claims advanced based on mathematical derivations or adoption of novel formula, would cast serious aspersions on the arbitral process.<\/i><\/p>\n

Thus, the Court sets aside the arbitral award for being perverse, ex-facie arbitrary and held the finding being without merits.<\/p>\n

[Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. v. Jaiprakash Hyundai Consortium, 2023 SCC OnLine Del 4039<\/a>, decided on 12-07-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG alongwith Mr.Uttam Datt, Ms. Sonakshi Singh, Ms. Tanya Aggarwal, Mr. K. K. Upadhiya and Mr. Kumar Bhaskar, Advocates for the Petitioner;<\/p>\n

Mr. A. S. Chandhiok, Sr. Adv. alongwith Mr. Lovkesh Sawhney, Sr. Adv., Ms. Simran Kohli, Ms. Vidushi Keshan, Mr. Durgesh Kr. Pandey and Mr. Rohit Kumar Advocates for the Respondent.<\/p>\n

Buy Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996   HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"arbitration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The present case is an example where substantial liability has sought to be fastened on one of the contracting parties based on specious paper calculations. It cannot be overemphasized that arbitral tribunals must exercise due care and caution while dealing with such claims.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67516,"featured_media":293503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2633,3226,2543,35140,40436,59405,59406],"class_list":["post-296992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-arbitral_award","tag-arbitration","tag-Delhi_High_Court","tag-himachal-pradesh","tag-minimum-wages","tag-satluj-jal-vidyut-nigam","tag-unskilled-labour"],"yoast_head":"\n[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi HC sets aside award for being perverse and without evidence| SCC Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-17T08:30:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-19T11:21:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arunima\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arunima\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/\",\"name\":\"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi HC sets aside award for being perverse and without evidence| SCC Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-17T08:30:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-19T11:21:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12b21fd8f65a572f39f27151710e16cb\"},\"description\":\"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"delhi high court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12b21fd8f65a572f39f27151710e16cb\",\"name\":\"Arunima\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8375ad8b08b1cbd970f4484d3218d81f3222a0ee3e463210f657780cb13e9569?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8375ad8b08b1cbd970f4484d3218d81f3222a0ee3e463210f657780cb13e9569?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arunima\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor_9\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi HC sets aside award for being perverse and without evidence| SCC Blog","description":"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary","og_description":"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2023-07-17T08:30:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-19T11:21:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arunima","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arunima","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/","name":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi HC sets aside award for being perverse and without evidence| SCC Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp","datePublished":"2023-07-17T08:30:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-19T11:21:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12b21fd8f65a572f39f27151710e16cb"},"description":"S. 34 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and without cogent evidence.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"delhi high court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/17\/delhi-high-court-sets-aside-award-for-being-perverse-without-evidence-legal-updates\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[S. 34 Arbitration Act] Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award for being perverse and ex-facie arbitrary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12b21fd8f65a572f39f27151710e16cb","name":"Arunima","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8375ad8b08b1cbd970f4484d3218d81f3222a0ee3e463210f657780cb13e9569?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8375ad8b08b1cbd970f4484d3218d81f3222a0ee3e463210f657780cb13e9569?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arunima"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor_9\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273278,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/08\/delhi-high-court-amendment-application-being-rejected-as-belated-does-not-constitute-interim-award-susceptible-to-challenge-under-s-34-arbitration-conciliation-act-1996\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":0},"title":"Delhi High Court: Amendment application being rejected as ‘belated’ does not constitute interim award susceptible to challenge under S 34 Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996","author":"Editor","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Delhi High Court: In a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, (\u2018A&C Act') challenging an order passed wherein the arbitrator rejected an application filed by the petitioner for amendment of the statement of claim, Prateek Jalan, J. dismissed the petition as non-maintainable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delhi_high_court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delhi_high_court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delhi_high_court.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delhi_high_court.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/delhi_high_court.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":354658,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/27\/delhi-high-court-rulings-on-arbitration-judgments\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":1},"title":"Cases Reported in HCC | Arbitration Law Decoded: Leading Delhi HC Judgments Under the Arbitration Act, 1996","author":"Niyati","date":"July 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore latest Cases reported in SCC\u2019s High Court Cases (HCC) on arbitration covering critical legal issues such as arbitrability, seat v. venue, limitations in filing, validity of arbitral awards under Section 34, appointment of arbitrators, and public policy considerations.","rel":"","context":"In "Cases Reported"","block_context":{"text":"Cases Reported","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casesreported\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi High Court rulings on Arbitration","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Delhi-High-Court-rulings-on-Arbitration.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Delhi-High-Court-rulings-on-Arbitration.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Delhi-High-Court-rulings-on-Arbitration.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Delhi-High-Court-rulings-on-Arbitration.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":294793,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/16\/delhi-hc-sets-aside-arbitral-award-by-arbitrator-de-jure-inability-legal-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":2},"title":"Delhi High Court sets aside arbitral award passed by Arbitrator having de jure inability to pass the award","author":"Arunima","date":"June 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The ineligibility of an Arbitrator goes to the root of his jurisdiction and the Arbitral Award cannot be considered as valid.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"delhi high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/delhi-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":293987,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/06\/delhi-court-sets-aside-90-lakh-arbitral-award-bmw-india-financial-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":3},"title":"Delhi Court sets aside ₹90 lakh award granted in favour of BMW India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.","author":"Editor","date":"June 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Unilateral Appointment of the Sole Arbitrator vitiates the proceedings of Arbitration.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Patiala House Courts","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-774.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-774.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-774.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-774.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":365080,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/29\/del-hc-order-passed-u-s-25a-of-ac-act-not-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":4},"title":"Order terminating arbitral proceedings under Section 25 (a) of the Arbitration Act is not an ‘Award’: Delhi High Court","author":"Editor","date":"October 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cSuch an order merely terminates the arbitral proceedings on account of the claimant\u2019s default in filing the statement of claim and does not involve any adjudication or determination of the rights or obligations of the parties.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Order under Section 25(a) of A&C Act","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Order-under-Section-25a-of-AC-Act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Order-under-Section-25a-of-AC-Act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Order-under-Section-25a-of-AC-Act.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Order-under-Section-25a-of-AC-Act.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":254702,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/09\/24\/section-34-of-arbitration-and-conciliation-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":296992,"position":5},"title":"Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: Whether Courts have the Power to Modify or Vary Arbitral Awards","author":"Editor","date":"September 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Rohan Tigadi*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-120-copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-120-copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-120-copy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-120-copy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-120-copy.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}