Hind Offshore Private Limited vs OCS Services (India) Private Limited

J- 11-CARBPL-41270-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 41270 OF 2025 Hind Offshore Private Limited …Petitioner Versus OCS Services (India) Private Limited …Respondent Dr. Veerendra Tulzapurkar, Senior Advocate, a/w Nitin Parkhe, i/b Jacob Kadantot for the Petitioner. Ms. Fereshte Sethna, a/w Prakalathan Bathaye, Sushmita Singh, i/b DMD Advocates for Respondent. 1. This is a Petition filed under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) impugning an order dated November 19, 2025 (“Impugned Order”), which rejected an application by the Petitioner, Hind Offshore Private Limited (“Hind Offshore”), seeking to implead an entity by the name, Planet Support Services India Private Limited (“ Planet May 19, 2026 Ashwini Vallakati J- 11-CARBPL-41270-2025.doc Support”), in the course of defending a claim raised by Respondent No.1, OCS Services (India) Private Limited (“OCS Services”). 2. Two issues fall for consideration in the captioned proceedings:- A] Whether a challenge is at all maintainable against the rejection of an application for impleadmen