VICEROY ENGINEERING vs SMITHS DETECTION VEECON SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 18th September, 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 17th October, 2025 + O.M.P. (COMM) 302/2019 VICEROY ENGINEERING .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gandharav Anand, Ms. Rachita Sood and Mr. Prakhar Dixit, Advocates versus SMITHS DETECTION VEECON SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Ms. Payal Chawla and Ms. Hina Shaheen, Advocates CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter ‘Act’) on behalf of the respondent/ counter claimant in the arbitration proceedings challenging the Award dated 15th March 2019 (hereinafter ‘Impugned Award’) passed by the Arbitral Tribunal. The respondent/ counter claimant in the arbitration proceedings shall hereinafter be referred to as ‘Viceroy’ and the claimant in the arbitration proceedings shall hereinafter be referred to as ‘Smiths’. 2. The Impugned Award was rendered while adjudicating the disputes between the parties arising out of an Outsourcing Agreement wherein the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VIVEK MISHRA O.M.P. (COMM) 302/2019 Page 1 of 15 Signing Date:17.10.2025 16:41:44 Arbitral Tribunal comprising a Sole Arbitrator has dismissed the claims of Smiths as well as the counter claims of Viceroy. 3. By way of the present petition, Viceroy has challenged the Impugned Award to the extent it has dismissed Viceroy’s counter claims. 4. Brief facts leading to the present petition are as under: 4.1. Viceroy is an engineering enterprise engaged in providing technical services and personnel. 4.2. Smiths deals in detection technologies including x-ray, trace detection, etc. operating with customers in the global transportation, ports a