APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 No. 52 of 2023 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 No. - 52 of 2023 UCM Coal Company Ltd. …..Petitioners(s) Versus Adani Enterprises Ltd. …..Respondents(s) Counsel for Petitioners(s) : Pritish Kumar, AAG, Vibhanshu Srivastava, Suyash Manjul Counsel for Respondent(s) : Mr. Vikram Nankani (Senior Advocate) with Pranjal Krishna, Abhishek Dwivedi, Suhaib Ashraf, Brijesh Kumar, Manish Mehrotra, Utkarsh Srivastava Reserved A.F.R. Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. Per:- JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. The respondent as claimant had initiated arbitral proceedings before an Arbitral Tribunal which culminated in a unanimous award dated 20th November 2018, in favour of the respondent. The appellant preferred a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short, the Act of 1996) which was dismissed by the Commercial Court-I, Lucknow vide order and judgment dated 31.03.2023 and being aggrieved 2 ARPL No. 52 of 2023 from the same, the appellant preferred this appeal before this Court under Section 37 of the Act of 1996. Factual Matrix 2. In order to appreciate the