HEAVY ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED vs RAMPUR ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16.01.2025 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 292/2024 HEAVY ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dwivedi, Mr. S. K. Sarkar and Mr. Rishabh Jain, Advs. versus RAMPUR ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Ms. Cauveri Birbal and Ms. Muskan Gupta, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 74392/2024 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. FAO(OS) (COMM) 292/2024, CM APPL. 74391/2024. CM APPL. 74393/2024, CM APPL. 2561/2025 & CM APPL. 2562/2025 2. This appeal has been filed by the appellant, challenging the Order dated 20.09.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in OMP (COMM) 168/2019 titled Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited v. Rampur Engineering Corporation Limited, dismissing the application, being I.A. 6053/2019, filed by the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed FAO(OS) (COMM) 292/2024 Page 1 of 4 By:NEELAM Signing Date:20.01.2025 15:13:01 appellant herein seeking condonation of delay in filing of the aforesaid application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short, ‘A&C Act’). 3. The appellant had filed the abovementioned application under Section 34 of the A&C Act challenging the Arbitral Award dated 18.04.2018 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator. The application under Section 34 of the Act was filed by the appellant only on or about 27.03.2019. 4. The learned Single Judge, in the Impugned Order, has held that the learned Sole Arbitrator passed the Arbitral Award on 18.04.2018 and on the same day, sent a copy of the Award to the appellant at its Delhi address as well as its Ranchi address. On perusing the arbitral record, the le