MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LTD vs UNIQUE INTEGATED TRANSPORT AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES PVT LTD

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1.CHS.902.2017.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION CHAMBER SUMMONS NO.902 OF 2017 IN CHAMBER SUMMONS NO.485 OF 2014 Unique Integrated Transport And Management Consultancies Pvt. Ltd. ….Petitioner Versus Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. ....Respondent ALONG WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.23065 OF 2021 IN ARBITRATION PETITION NO.165 OF 2005 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. ….Applicant Versus Unique Integrated Transport And Management Consultancies Pvt. Ltd. ....Respondent Dr. Kishan Khanna, Advocate for Petitioner in CHS/902/2017 and for Respondent in IAL/23065/2021. Mr. Niranjan Prabhakar Shimpi, Advocate for Respondent in CHS/902/2017 and for Petitioner in IAL/23065/2021. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. RESERVED ON : AUGUST 20, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 JUDGMENT : Context and Factual Background: 1. The captioned proceedings evoke the infamous adage about how the woes of the Indian litigant start when he obtains a decree. This is a Page 1 of 21 SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 Aarti Palkar 1.CHS.902.2017.doc case of an arbitral award dated February 22, 2000 (“ Arbitral Award”), passed under the Arbitration Act, 1940 (“Old Act”). Till date, the parties are engaged in proceedings in relation to drawing up of a decree in terms of the Arbitral Award, which partly allowed claims raised by Unique Integrated Transport & Management Consultancies Private Limited (“Unique”) against Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (“MTNL”). 2. Multiple judges of this Court have had occasion to handle the underlying proceedings since the year 2000. They have repeatedly indicated how the decree must be drawn up. Some payments have been made by MTNL to Unique, but 25 years later, the parties are still locked in battle over how to compute interest. 3. In Chamb