DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY vs KALWA

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 04.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: As per digital signature~ + FAO (COMM) 38/2026, CM APPL. 7629/2026, CM APPL. 7630/2026, CM APPL. 7631/2026, CM APPL. 7632/2026 Delhi Development Authority ..... Appellant Versus Kalwa ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Mr. Siddhartha Goswami, Mr. Aditya Sachdeva and Ms Geetanjali Reddy, Advocates For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Dutt Dixit and Ms Gauri Dixit, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR JUDGMENT VINOD KUMAR, J. 1. This appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter ‘the Act’) is directed against a judgment dated 31.10.2025 passed by the learned District Judge-02, Central District, Tis Hazari, Delhi (in short ‘District Judge’) in ARBTN A.(Comm.)No.33/2019, vide which he Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRAMOD FAO (COMM) 38/2026 Page 1 of 22 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:27.02.2026 15:33:32 dismissed the objections under Section 34 of the Act filed by the appellant-DDA under Section 34 of the Act challenging the Award dated 20.05.2014 adjudicated by the sole Arbitrator. For the sake of convenience, the appellant would also be referred to as ‘DDA’ and respondent would also be referred to as ‘Claimant’. DISPUTE 2. The respondent is engaged in the business of running parking sites at various places in NCT of Delhi. In a parking tender process for Truck Parking site at Majnu ka Tila, Timarpur, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as „the parking site‟), the appellant-DDA declared the respondent as the highest bidder and consequently issued an allotment letter bearing No. F.99/11/2010/LPC/Parking/699 dated 2