KAPOOR TENT & CATERERS vs DELHI TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 20.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 03.12.2025 + FAO (OS) 317/2017 and CM APPL. 45899/2017 M/S KAPOOR TENT & CATERERS THR. ITS PARTNER, SH. VIPIN KAPOOR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar, Sr. Adv. along with Mr. Ankur Katyal, Mr. Harshil Gupta and Mr. Taarush Bajaj, Advs. versus DELHI TOURISM & TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sandeep Prakash Aggrawal, Sr. Adv. along with Ms. Sujata Kashyap, Ms.Tanya Chanda and Ms. Ishika Rawat, Advocates with Mr. Kapil Chaturvedi (Assistant Legal Manager) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant [Petitioner before the learned Single Judge] assails the correctness of Judgment dated 22.02.2017 passed by the learned Single Judge in O.M.P. No. 430/2015, whereby the petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [hereinafter referred to as „AC Act‟] filed Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:03.12.2025 FAO(OS) 317/2017 Page 1 of 19 15:42:32 by the Appellant, challenging the Arbitral Award dated 20.04.2015 came to be dismissed. 2. The issue that arises for consideration in the present Appeal is whether the learned Single Judge was justified in declining to interfere with the Arbitral Award dated 20.04.2015, and in holding that none of the grounds urged by the Appellant fell within the limited scope of interference permissible under Section 34 of the AC Act, thereby warranting no judicial intervention. FACTUAL MATRIX 3. The brief facts, leading to filing of the present Appeal, are as follows. The Appellant, M/s Kapoor Tent & Caterers was the licensee engaged in