AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA vs LITE BITE FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED

5.ARP.214.2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO.214 OF 2025 Airport Authority Of India ....Petitioner Versus Lite Bite Foods Private Limited ....Respondent Mr. S.D. Kothari, for Petitioner (VC). Mr. Rohan Shah, a/w. Anirudh Krishna Gandhi, Megha Khandelwal & Rounak Doshi i/b. Saraf & Partners, for Respondent (VC). CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : DECEMBER 9, 2025 ORAL JUDGEMENT: 1. Having examined the record with the assistance of the parties, and taking the Affidavit-in-Reply dated December 8, 2025 on record, it is apparent that the Concession Agreement dated July 9, 2018, which contains the Arbitration Agreement, had already led to arbitration proceedings earlier, which culminated in an Arbitral Award dated July 15, 2022. 5.ARP.214.2025.doc 2. In those proceedings, it is the Respondent who was the Claimant, while the Petitioner, who was the Respondent in those arbitral proceedings, had filed a counter-claim in the proceedings. 3. The Respondent indicates that in these proceedings, the Respondent had indeed raised computation of interest amounts that would be payable by the Petitioner. However, while filing t