HERSHEYS INDIA PVT LTD vs KANTI BEVERAGES PVT LTD

OJ-904-ARBP-1608-2014.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 1608 OF 2014 Hersheys India Pvt. Ltd. …Petitioner Versus Kanti Beverages Pvt. Ltd. …Respondent Mr. Sarosh Bharucha, a/w Khushi Dhanesha, Laleh Pandole, i/b Vashi & Vashi for the Petitioner. Mr. Vishal Kanade, for Respondent. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : OCTOBER 7, 2025 Oral Judgement: Context and Factual Background: 1. This is a Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) challenging an arbitral award dated April 4, 2014 erroneously passed by the Learned Arbitral Tribunal upholding every contention of the Petitioner on merits but concluding that a direction to make payment of Rs.75 lakhs to the Respondent would be appropriate and just. This has led to the Petitioner seeking an intervention of this Court to excise the last portion of the impugned Digitally ASHWINI signed by ASHWINI JANARDAN award directing such payment. JANARDAN VALLAKATI VALLAKATI Date: 2025.10.27 11:16:04 +0530 October 7, 2025 Ashwini Vallakati OJ-904-ARBP-1608-2014.doc 2. Petitioner, Hersheys India Pvt. Ltd. was earlier a divisi