M/S SIDDHARTHA CONSTRUCTION CO. vs INDIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 2nd April, 2025 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 127/2022 & CM APPL. 23593/2022 M/S SIDDHARTHA CONSTRUCTION CO. .....Appellant Through: Mr. Meenal Garg, Mr. Rishab Kumar and Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Advs. versus INDIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION &ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anish Chawla, Adv. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellant- M/s. Siddhartha Construction Co. under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter “the Act”), against the order dated 14th September, 2021, passed by the ld. Single Judge in OMP (Comm.) 184 of 2021 titled M/s Siddharth Constructions Co. v. India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (hereinafter “Impugned Order”). 3. Vide the Impugned Order, the ld. Single Judge dismissed the Appellant’s application under Section 34 of the Act inter alia seeking to set aside of the arbitral award dated 09th May, 2020 passed by the Sole Arbitrator (hereinafter “the award”). 4. The brief background of the case is that the India Tourism Development C