{"id":365080,"date":"2025-10-29T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=365080"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:05:11","slug":"del-hc-order-passed-u-s-25a-of-ac-act-not-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/29\/del-hc-order-passed-u-s-25a-of-ac-act-not-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Order terminating arbitral proceedings under Section 25 (a) of the Arbitration Act is not an &#8216;Award&#8217;: Delhi High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Delhi High Court:<\/span> In petitions filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544914\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544915\" target=\"_blank\">15<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> (&#8216;the Act&#8217;), seeking substitution or appointment of an arbitrator and\/ or to pass an order enabling the arbitrator to continue proceedings, the Single Judge Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jasmeet Arora, J<\/span>, allowed the petitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further held that an order passed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544926\" target=\"_blank\">25(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a> would not qualify as an &#8216;arbitral award&#8217; and therefore the parties would not be required to challenge the same under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544939\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The respondent company had been awarded the tender for projects relating to erection, testing, commissioning and handover of steam turbine and generator auxiliaries for various thermal power projects. Subsequently, the respondent subcontracted the work of erection and commissioning of mechanical and erection packages of the projects to the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Due to delays in completion of the work, the respondent had issued a notice of termination. The petitioner had filed petitions under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544997\" target=\"_blank\">9<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a> and the Court, vide order dated 8-1-2024, had appointed an arbitrator to adjudicate the dispute between the parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Vide order dated 18-11-2024 (&#8216;impugned order&#8217;), the arbitrator closed the arbitration proceedings since the petitioner had not filed his statement of claims and not paid a portion of the arbitral fee under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544926\" target=\"_blank\">25(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The respondent had contended that the impugned order was an arbitral award and therefore the only remedy available to the petitioner would be to challenge the same under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544939\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Analysis, Law and Decision<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court observed that in the case of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">PCL Suncon<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">National Highway Authority of India<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000734871\" target=\"_blank\">(2021) SCC OnLine Del 313<\/a>, the Court had referred to the case of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bhadra Products<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002794452\" target=\"_blank\">(2018) 2 SCC 534<\/a> wherein the Supreme Court had held that an arbitral award must finally decide an issue or a point at which the parties are in issue in the arbitration. Relying on this, the Court in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">PCL Suncon (supra)<\/span> had held that holding that an order terminating the arbitral proceedings under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544926\" target=\"_blank\">25(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a> was an award was contrary to several decisions of the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the court opined that an order of the arbitrator could be considered an award only when it adjudicates upon the rights of the parties. An order terminating the proceedings for non-filing of a statement of claim could not be considered an arbitral award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court also referred to the case of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gangotri Enterprises Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002435045\" target=\"_blank\">(2017) SCC OnLine Del 6560<\/a>, wherein the Court had examined the scope of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544926\" target=\"_blank\">25(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a> and stated that once the arbitral proceedings were terminated and the arbitrator&#8217;s mandate was terminated, it could be challenged under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544914\" target=\"_blank\">14<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a> but not Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544939\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court, therefore, held that an order under Section 25(a) could not amount to an arbitral award since it did not deal with the rights of parties before the arbitrator. For an order to qualify as an award, it must decide, either finally or on an interim, an issue forming part of the dispute referred to arbitration. An order under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544926\" target=\"_blank\">25(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\">the Act<\/a>, being procedural in nature and not addressing the substantive <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">lis<\/span> between the parties, lacks the essential attributes of an arbitral award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Hence, the Court allowed the instant petitions and directed that the arbitration shall continue before the arbitrator appointed by the Court vide order dated 8-1-2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Mecwel Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. G.E. Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/TQZ8uLOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Del 7138<\/a>, decided on 14-10-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Petitioner:<\/span> Dr. Amit George, Shashwat Kabi, Ibansara Syiemlieh, Adhishwar Suri, Vaibhav Gandhi, Kartikay Puneesh, Advocates<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Respondent:<\/span> Akshay Sapre, Abhijeet Swaroop, Vinam Gupta, Shivani Karmakar, Advocates<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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