M/S AGRAWAL FOODSTUFF LLP vs THE LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND DY.COLLECTOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

31-ARA(ST)-37045-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPEAL (ST) NO. 37045 OF 2025 M/s. Agrawal Foodstuff LLP …Appellant Versus The Land Acquisition Officer and Dy. Collector, General Administration …Respondents Mr. Tarak Shah, for the Appellant. Mr. A. R. Patil, Addl. G. P., for the Respondent-State. Mr. Kunal Damle a/w Mr. Ankit Patil, for Respondent Nos. 2 to 4. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : APRIL 23, 2026. Oral Judgement: 1. The challenge in this Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) is to an order dated September 18, 2025, passed under Section 34 of the Act, by which an Arbitral Award dated April 4, 2024, which was passed in a statutory arbitration conducted under the Maharashtra Highways Act, 1955, has been set aside. APRIL 23, 2026 Gitalaxmi 31-ARA(ST)-37045-2025.doc 2. The Section 34 Court has given detailed reasons as to why it believes that the Arbitral Award is arbitrary in nature. This includes analysing the treatment given to the adjoining land and to the approach of the Arbitrator to the legislative intent of other attendant legislations such as, the Maharash