APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 No. 205 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 No. - 205 of 2025 S.S. Total Construction (I) Pvt. Ltd. .....Appellant(s) Versus Union of India through Executive Engineer .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Anurag Khanna, Sr. Advocate with Neelesh Ramchandani, Shivangi Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : S.P. Singh, A.S.G.I., Vivek Kumar Singh Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This appeal is directed against judgement dated 13.05.2025 passed by the Commercial Court, Bareilly whereby the application filed by the respondent - Union of India under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ('Act') against award dated 10.12.2022 has been allowed and award impugned has been set aside. 2. Respondent floated a composite tender (civil and electrical work) for construction of permanent infrastructure at SHQ & Bn. Headquarters, Lakhimpur Kheri under Lucknow frontier; the appellant participated in the biding process and was awarded the contract and agreement was entered into. As per the agreement, date of commencement of the work was 04.05.2016 and the sti