DELHI JAL BOARD vs SHRI I. M. SINGH AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 22nd May, 2025 CM(M) 1153/2023 & CM APPL. 31716/2025 & CM APPL. 31715/2025 DELHI JAL BOARD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Karunesh Tandon, Advocate. versus SHRI I. M. SINGH AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Laksh Khanna and Ms. Diksha Suri, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Delhi Jal Board has suffered an award on 21.07.2015. 2. Feeling aggrieved, they filed an objection petition under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short ‘A&C Act’) on 28.10.2015. 3. On 02.11.2015, said petition was taken up by the concerned Court of learned Additional District Judge-04, South, Saket Courts and notice was issued. The petitioner, simultaneously, sought permission to deposit the award amount and was permitted to deposit the same. 4. The award amount has, thus, already been secured and deposited by way of Fixed Deposit in name of the decree-holder i.e. respondent herein. 5. However, during further consideration of the abovesaid petition filed under Section 34 of A&C Act, the learned Trial Court took the view that the petition should have rather been filed before this Court, i.e