PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL HIGHWAY PWD MORTH vs KHARE AND TARKUNDE INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.

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F-J-F-J - ARBP-262-2024+ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 262 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 21282 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 32187 OF 2023 IN ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 262 OF 2024 Public Works Department Got of …Petitioner Maharashtra National Highways Versus Khare And Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. …Respondent WITH ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 264 OF 2024 ASHWINI JANARDAN WITH VALLAKATI INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 21288 OF 2024 Digitally signed by ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI Date: 2026.06.12 WITH 12:51:23 +0530 INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 32189 OF 2023 IN ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 264 OF 2024 Public Works Department Government of …Petitioner Maharashtra, National Highways Division PWD Versus Khare And Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. …Respondent WITH ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 263 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 32188 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 21285 OF 2024 IN ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 263 OF 2024 Page 1 of 39 JUNE 12, 2026 Ashwini Vallakati F-J-F-J - ARBP-262-2024+ Public Works Department Govt of …Petitioner Maharashtra National Hiighways Versus Khare And Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. …Respondent Mr. Amrut Joshi a/w Ms. Kajal Gupta, Ms. Shweta Singh i/b M. V. Kini & Co., for the Petitioner. Mr. Karl Tamboly, Counsel a/w Mr. Anoop Sharma, Mr. Reehan Ajmerwala, Ms. Ujwala Kamat, Mr. Sumit Khanna, i/b, Sarita D’lima, for Respondent. CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. RESERVED ON: MARCH 30, 2026 PRONOUNCED ON: JUNE 12, 2026 JUDGEMENT: Context and Factual Background: 1. This is a Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) impugning an arbitral award dated April 14, 2023 (“Arbitral Award”), by which disputes and d