Arbitration & Commercial Disputes judgments · Batch 28

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1. Radhe Krishna Infrastructure v. Larsen & Toubro
   Madras High Court · 2026-10-08 · Arb. O.P. (Com. Div.) No. 111 of 2026 · the governing contract document was left to the tribunal, and a three-member tribunal chaired by a former Supreme Court judge was constituted.
2. Life Insurance Corporation of India v. N.S. Associates Pvt. Ltd.
   Delhi High Court · 2026-10-06 · FAO(OS) (COMM) 261/2026 · after the unilateral appointment of the sole arbitrator was held impermissible, the whole award fell, and LIC's appeal was allowed.
3. Rajesh Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.; M/s Sri Export Co. v. Union of India & Ors.
   Delhi High Court · 2026-09-21 · W.P.(C) 13882/2026 and W.P.(C) 13884/2026 · section 38 of the Arbitration Act makes no exception for a party unable to pay fees, so writs seeking waiver of DIAC fees were dismissed.
4. SEPC Limited (formerly Shriram EPC Limited) v. GPE (India) Ltd. & Ors.
   Madras High Court · 2026-09-21 · A.No.1812 of 2026 in E.P.No.91 of 2023 · an NPA threat and an offer of instalments did not justify lifting the attachment of ₹154.63 crore of receivables securing a foreign award.
5. Madhav Media Pvt. Ltd. v. LIBRA Productions Pvt. Ltd.
   Madras High Court · 2026-09-17 · EP No. 8 of 2026 in Arbitration O.P. No. 595 of 2024 · a judgment debtor who let the section 34 period lapse could not resist execution of a ₹13.31 crore award by alleging unilateral appointment.
6. M/s Kashmir Confectionary Store & Ors.; M/s Mehak Trading Co.; M/s Naugraein Traders v. M/s Mother Choice Health Care India
   Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court · 2026-09-30 · CR No. 36/2026 c/w CR No. 34/2026 and CR No. 35/2026 · MSMED awards were not nullities even if the supplier was unregistered when supplying goods, so three objections to execution failed.
7. Nawab Raza And Others v. Usman Khan And Another
   Madhya Pradesh High Court · 2026-09-16 · Misc. Appeal No. 6075 Of 2025 · where the partnership deed with the arbitration clause was alleged to be procured by fraud, the civil court decides its validity.
8. Steel Authority of India Ltd. v. British Marine PLC
   Delhi High Court · 2026-09-17 · FAO(OS) (COMM) 17/2026 & CM APPL. 6374/2026 · SAIL's challenge to a maritime award failed; arbitrators who had ruled on a similar clause were not disqualified and the objection was late.
9. SARR Freights Corporation & Anr. v. Argo Coral Maritime Ltd.
   Delhi High Court · 2026-09-18 · FAO(OS) 40/2026 & CM APPL. 19846/2026 · a booking note that incorporated only clauses 20 to 41 held no arbitration agreement, so the London arbitration was restrained.
10. M/s SRM Constructions v. Union of India
    Himachal Pradesh High Court · 2026-09-16 · Ex. Pet No.19 of 2025 · time when an award was treated as automatically stayed under the pre-2015 law is excluded, so a 2012 award was executable in 2025.
11. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited v. Larsen and Toubro Limited & connected appeal
    Karnataka High Court · 2026-09-16 · Commercial Appeal No. 124 of 2025 with Commercial Appeal No. 116 of 2025 · Bangalore Metro viaduct: awards on three L&T claims and the rejection of its ₹103.30 crore claim were set aside; the delay finding stood.
12. M/S Sanjeevni Infra Projects Limited v. Union of India & Anr.
    Delhi High Court · 2026-10-07 · O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 469/2026 & I.A. 27830/2026 · a section 9 petition to stop encashment of a ₹1.37 crore performance guarantee failed; the invocation said recoveries were due or likely to be.
13. Pulak Modi And Anr. v. Jitendra Agarwal & Ors.
    Calcutta High Court · 2026-10-06 · IA No. GA-COM/1/2024 in CS-COM/728/2024 · a commercial court ordered ₹5.44 crore security under section 151 for a share-sale claim, doubting the defendants' commercial credibility.
14. Chakvrigu Cooperative Labour Contract & Construction Society Ltd. & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
    Calcutta High Court · 2026-09-16 · WPA 19048 of 2019 · a contractor's ₹17 lakh claim withheld as delay compensation raised disputed facts and an arbitration clause, so a writ was refused.
15. Sunfield Global Pte Limited v. Liberty Investments Private Limited
    Bombay High Court · 2026-09-22 · Commercial Arbitration Appeal (L) No. 1634 of 2026 in Commercial Arbitration Petition (L) No. 34540 of 2025 · a Singapore supplier got section 9 security for an admitted USD 66.9 lakh claim although a London tribunal was constituted.
16. Matsya Fincap Pvt. Ltd. v. Mohd Hassinuddin
    Delhi High Court · 2026-09-16 · FAO (COMM) 221/2024 · an ex parte award by an arbitrator the lender appointed after the dispute arose was invalid, as section 12(5) needs a later written waiver.
17. Unison Hotels Private Limited v. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited
    Delhi High Court · 2026-09-16 · FAO(OS) (COMM) 29/2026 & CM APPL. 11008/2026 · a ₹65 crore insurance award was not vitiated by a two-year gap between reserving and pronouncing it, as the delay was explained and harmless.
18. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. v. Danieli and C Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. & Ors.
    Andhra Pradesh High Court · 2026-09-21 · I.C.O.M.A.O.A. No. 1 of 2026 · a Visakhapatnam exclusive-jurisdiction clause prevailed over the ICC tribunal's New Delhi seat; the section 34 challenge was maintainable.
19. Kamal Krishan Chibber v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Others
    Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court · 2026-10-06 · Arb App No. 05/2024 · an award on claims first made in 2013 for a contract terminated in 1998 was set aside as time-barred; taking part did not waive limitation.
20. Shivkumar Enterprises v. TATA Projects Limited
    Bombay High Court · 2026-09-07 · Arbitration Application (L) No. 15672 of 2026 · work orders adopting the General Conditions incorporate its arbitration clause under section 7(5); one arbitrator was appointed for all four.
21. State of Himachal Pradesh v. BMD Pvt. Ltd.
    Himachal Pradesh High Court · 2026-09-18 · CARBA Nos. 10 and 11 of 2025 · an ex parte award by an arbitrator appointed unilaterally over the State's objection, with its section 13 challenge undecided, was void.
22. Smt Nisha Sharma v. M/s INTEC Capital Limited and Ors.
    Delhi High Court · 2026-10-06 · EFA(COMM) 28/2026 · a share conveyed to a family member after the decree holder identified the house in the execution petition could not defeat execution.
23. NatWest Markets PLC v. M/s Hero Exports & Anr.
    Delhi High Court · 2026-09-23 · FAO(OS)(COMM) 279 of 2019 · a bank holding a fixed deposit frozen by the Court could not cut its interest to the savings rate without telling the parties or the Court.
24. Tarsem Jain v. Bharat Forge Limited and Another
    Delhi High Court · 2026-10-01 · FAO(OS) (COMM) 150/2025 · an arbitrator named by one party alone, against the agreed procedure, had no authority, so the ₹77 crore award was a nullity.
25. Newton Engineering and Chemicals Limited v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    Delhi High Court · 2026-10-06 · FAO (COMM) 50/2026 · choosing from a panel of three arbitrators supplied by Indian Oil is not the written waiver section 12(5) requires; the award fell.