NEXUS INFRATECH vs Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council

CARBPL-11389-2023.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (L) NO. 11389 OF 2023 Nexus Infratech …Petitioner Digitally Versus signed by SHRADDHA SHRADDHA KAMLESH 1) Micro And Small Enterprise Facilitation Council KAMLESH TALEKAR TALEKAR Date: 2025.09.30 Through Member Secretary 15:40:31 +0530 2) Sikco Engineering Services Through Proprietor Archana Sikder and Power Of Attorney Milton Sikder …Respondents Mr. Rohan Savant a/w Rakesh Agrawal, Sandeep Nirban, Pallak Ranawat, for Petitioner. Mr. Satish Nikhar, for Respondents. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. Reserved on : August 26, 2025 Pronounced on : September 30, 2025 Judgment: Context and Background: 1. This Petition is a challenge under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”), challenging an arbitral award dated December 30, 2022 (“Impugned Award”) passed by the Facilitation Council under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, September 30, 2025 CARBPL-11389-2023.docx 2006 (“MSMED Act”). 2. The Petitioner, Nexus Infratech (“Nexus”) is itself an enterprise that would otherwise be a pr