Proteus ventures LLP vs Archilab Designs

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CARBPL-28606-2024-J.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 28606 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 29321 OF 2024 IN SHRADDHA COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 28606 OF 2024 KAMLESH TALEKAR Digitally signed by SHRADDHA KAMLESH TALEKAR 1) Proteus Ventures LLP Date: 2025.09.30 15:40:46 +0530 2) Abhinay Ramesh Deo 3) Shardul Singh Prithviraj Bayas …Petitioners Versus Archilab Designs …Respondent Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud, a/w Mr. Arjun Savant, Atharva Gade & Vidhi Kavie, for the Petitioners. Mr. Ali Abbas Delhiwala, a/w Devika Nigade & Dilpreen Kaur, i/b Devika Nigade, for Respondent. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. Reserved on : March 7, 2025 Pronounced on : September 30, 2025 JUDGEMENT : Context: 1. This Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) impugning an arbitral award dated August 16, 2024 (“Impugned Award”) passed by the Learned Sole Page 1 of 25 September 30, 2025 Shraddha CARBPL-28606-2024-J.doc Arbitrator appointed by the Council of Architecture, an autonomous statutory body (“Council”). Factual Overview: 2. The Petitioner, Proteus Ventures LLP (“Proteus”) had engaged the Respondent, Archilab Designs (“Archilab”) to carry out various works across a few projects. The Designated Partners of Proteus namely, Abhinay Ramesh Deo and Shardul Singh Prithviraj Bayas (“Designated Partners”) are also Petitioners in the captioned proceedings since they had been made Respondents in the arbitration proceedings. 3. The works carried out by Archilab for Proteus were governed by an agreement dated August 16, 2018 (“ Agreement”) titled “techno- commercial proposal” which contains the arbitration agreement in Cla