National Highways Authority Of India vs. Karnal Singh Gurudas Singh Saini

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 8136/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 26-11-2021 in ARBA No. 9/2015 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay at Nagpur)

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

M/S OMANAND INDUSTRIES NAGPUR & ORS. Respondent(s)

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WITH

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Date : 11-07-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA

contd…

For Petitioner(s)	- 3 -<br>Mr. Pankaj Jain, Sr Adv<br>Mr.<br>Gaurav Mittal, Adv<br>Ms. Divya Suri, Adv<br>Mr. Sachin Bhardwaj, Adv<br>Mr. Guradesh Singh, Adv<br>Mr. Sandiv Kaliya, Adv
	Dr Sushil Balwada, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi, AOR<br>Ms. Ankita Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. N. Sai Kaushali, Adv.
	Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR
	Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR<br>Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Adv.
	Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR<br>Mr. Shakti Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Urveshi Anju, Adv.
	Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, AOR
	Mr. Kishor Lambat, Adv.<br>Ms. Kashmira Lambat, Adv.<br>M/s Lambat & Legitiam, Adv.
	Mr. Sandeep Bajaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Soayib Qureshi, AOR<br>Ms. Aditi Pundhir, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

The award passed by the learned Arbitrator under the provisions of the National Highways Act, 1956 determining the compensation has been restored by the High Court in exercise of powers under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Cogent reasons have been given by the High Court. We see no reason to interfere with the same in exercise of powers under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. All the Special Leave Petitions stand dismissed accordingly.

Pending applications shall stand disposed of.

(NEETU SACHDEVA) (NISHA TRIPATHI) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR