Generic Engineering Construction And Projects Ltd vs Maharashtra Maritime Board

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Neeta Sawant CARBP-1070-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 1070 OF 2025 WITH COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO. 675 OF 2025 Generic Engineering Construction and Projects Ltd. ….. PETITIONER/APPLICANT : VERSUS : Maharashtra Maritime Board ….RESPONDENT Mr. Rohaan Cama with Mr. Chetan Shah, Ms. Farnaaz Karbhari, Mr. Rahul Jain and Mr. Sharan Shetty i/b HSA Advocates, for the Petitioner /Applicant. Dr. Birendra Saraf, Senior Advocate with Mr. Jay Sanklecha, Mr. Harshvardhan Nankani, Mr. Ishwar Nankani, Mr. Huzefa Khokhawala and Mr. Kartik Gupta i/b Nankani & Associates, for the Respondent. CORAM : SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. Reserved On : 10 April 2026. Pronounced On: 27 April 2026. JUDGMENT: 1) Commercial Arbitration Application No. 675 of 2025 is filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) seeking appointment of Arbitrator for adjudication of disputes and differences between the parties, which have arisen out of _____________________________________________________________________________ PAGE NO. 1 OF 26 27 April 2026 Neeta Sawant CARBP-1070-2025 Work Order dated 25 January 2023 and Agreement dated 6 February 2023 in relation to construction of office building on Plot No. C-47, Block G in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. Commercial Arbitration Petition No.1070 of 2025 is filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act for seeking interim measures. 2) Petitioner is engaged in the business inter-alia of civil construction projects. The Respondent/Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) floated tenders inviting online bids for construction of its office building on Plot No. C-47, Block G, at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai, at estimated work value of Rs.68,18,5