Survee Shidal vs Airports Authority of India

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Neeta Sawant CARBPL-1333 OF 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 13393 OF 2025 WITH COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION APPLICATION (L) No. 38289 OF 2025 Survee Shidal ...Petitioner/Applicant V/s. Airports Authority of India ...Respondent WITH COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 12378 OF 2025 Survee Foods Private Limited ...Petitioner V/s. Airport Authority of India ...Respondent _____________ Mr. Karl Tamboly with Mr. Kevin Pereira i/b Mr. Viraj Jadhav for the Petitioner in CARBPL/13393/2025 and for the Applicant in CARAPL/38289/2025. Mr. Rahul Pandey i/b. Ms. Pramila L. Prajapati for the Petitioner in CARBPL/12378/2025. Mr. Pravin Samdani, Senior Advocate with Ms. Shilpa Kapil, Mr. Chidanand Kapil, Mr. Darshit Jain Ms. Aishwarya Mall and Ms.Vishwabharati Devkhile for the Respondent. ________________ CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. Reserved On: 24 APRIL 2026. Pronounced On: 7 May 2026. Page No.1 of 40 7 May 2026 Neeta Sawant CARBPL-1333 OF 2025 Judgment: 1) The issue involved in the Petitions is about arbitrability of disputes concerning termination of licenses to occupy airport premises by the Airports Authority of India. 2) There are two Petitioners before this Court-Survee Shidal and Survee Foods Private Limited, who are aggrieved by termination notices issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on 22 March 2025 terminating the agreements granting licenses for running Restaurants cum Hangout formats at Juhu Airport. They have accordingly filed Petitions under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) seeking interim measures in the form of stay on termination notice dated 22 March 2025 and for allowing them to continue operations of Restaurant-cum-Hangout f