POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD vs RANJIT SINGH AND CO. LLP

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$~83 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CM(M) 1502/2025 & CM APPL. 49453-49454/2025 POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Apoorv P. Tripathi, Mr. Sanam Tripathi, Ms. Anjali Kaushik and Mr. Apaan Mittal, Advocates. Versus RANJIT SINGH AND CO. LLP .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN ORDER % 12.08.2025 1. Petitioner is defending Arbitral proceedings and is aggrieved by order dated 11.06.2025 whereby their application moved under Section 16 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been dismissed. 2. The point involved is short and precise. 3. According to learned Senior Counsel for petitioner i.e. non-claimant, learned Arbitral Tribunal does not possess any jurisdiction to adjudicate the claim in question as the matter has already attained finality and the same very issue cannot be permitted to be re-opened. 4. It is apprised that respondent i.e. claimant had raised five claims against them, of which Claim Nos. 2 to 5 were rejected by the learned Arbitral Tribunal. 5. The claimant never raised any grievance with respect to rejection of Claim Nos. 2 to 5. 6. Claim No.1 had been, however, partly allowed and an amount of Rs.2,42,17,988/- was awarded against the non-claimant. 7. Qua said Claim No.1, which had been partly allowed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal, non-claimant filed a petition under Section 34 of Arbitration Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 1502/2025 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:13.08.2025 16:19:05 and Conciliation Act, 1996, which was allowed by the learned Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.08.2024 passed in OMP(COMM.) 134/2023. Learned Single Judge, while dealing with the abovesaid petition under Section 34 of Arbitra