SAHARA INDIA COMMERCIAL CORPORATION LTD. vs CHAMPION ENGINEERING WORKS PVT. LTD.

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Sahara Champion - 13&14.CARAP.105.17 & WP.8929.2017 copy(4).docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO.105 OF 2017 WITH WRIT PETITION NO.8929 OF 2017 Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd. ...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Champion Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondent Ms. Neeta Jain a/w. Deep Thakkar i/b. M/s. Markand Gandhi & Co., Advocates for Applicant/Petitioner. Mr. Tejas Popat a/w. Mr. Vishesh Malviya & Mr. Raghav Dharmadhikar i/b. M/s. Rashmikant & Partners, Advocates for Respondent. CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : JULY 07, 2025 Oral Judgement: Context and Factual Background: 1. Commercial Arbitration Application No. 105 of 2017 is an application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) filed by Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd. (“Sahara”). This Section 11 Application seeks AARTI appointment of an arbitrator to adjudicate disputes and differences GAJANAN PALKAR Digitally signed by AARTI GAJANAN Page 1 of 28 PALKAR Date: 2025.09.15 JULY 07, 2025 18:52:39 +0530 Aarti Palkar Sahara Champion - 13&14.CARAP.105.17 & WP.8929.2017 copy(4).docx relating to a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 5, 1998 (“MoU”) executed between Sahara and the Respondent, Champion Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd. (“Champion”). 2. Writ Petition 8929 of 2017 impugns an order dated September 21, 2016 (“Revision Order”) passed by the Appellate Bench of the Small Causes Court at Mumbai dismissing an application seeking revision of an order dated November 30, 2012 passed by the Small Causes Court (“Original Order”). The Original Order dismissed an application filed by Sahara under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act, praying for dismissal of a suit filed