Arbitration & Commercial Disputes judgments · Batch 30

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1. Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd. v. Udayak Agro Products Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
   Bombay High Court · 2026-09-23 · Commercial Arbitration Petition (L) No. 25994 of 2026 · franchisees were restrained pending arbitration from a competing packaged water business, directly or through a sister concern.
2. ITC Limited v. SMM Tobacoo Private Limited & Ors.
   Calcutta High Court · 2026-09-08 · IP (COM) No. 10 of 2026 · a plaintiff that had lodged an FIR and carried out a search was refused dispensation from section 12A mediation; the plaint was returned.
3. State of Odisha and others versus M/s.Dhanurdhar Champatiray, Proprietor and Special Class Contractor, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar
   Orissa High Court · 2026-09-21 · W.P.(C) Nos. 35289, 35291, 35309, 35312 and 35317 of 2025 and W.P.(C) Nos. 3223, 44, 6384 and 8151 of 2026 · section 37(3)'s bar on a second appeal does not bar a writ under articles 226 and 227, though interference must be circumspect.
4. Commissioner v. Karnataka Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council & Anr.
   Karnataka High Court · 2026-09-03 · Writ Appeal No. 1490 of 2024 (GM-RES) · the State could not challenge a Facilitation Council award by a writ filed after the section 34 period, to seek a review on the merits.
5. HMT Limited v. C. Rajamma (since deceased) by LRs & Connected Matters
   Karnataka High Court · 2026-09-18 · M.F.A. No. 9565 of 2018 with M.F.A. Nos. 9564 and 9566 to 9571 of 2018 · damages awarded against HMT for short workload to former employees were upheld, but 20% interest was cut to 12% after their loan was repaid.
6. M/s Cubes Entertainments v. Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited & Anr.
   Kerala High Court · 2026-09-14 · O.P.(C) No. 2655 of 2026 · a court cannot refuse to number a John Doe suit for want of the unknown defendant's address required by Order VI Rule 14A CPC.
7. Kiran Narendra Patkar v. Milan Narendra Patkar and Another
   Bombay High Court · 2026-08-27 · Commercial Arbitration Application (L) No. 23278 of 2026 with Commercial Arbitration Petition (L) No. 23009 of 2026 · alleged forgery of the arbitration agreement does not by itself bar section 11; a sole arbitrator was appointed on independent documents.
8. D P Jain Bangalore Chennai Expressways Private Limited v. National Highways Authority of India & Ors.
   Delhi High Court · 2026-09-10 · O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 385/2026 · on the joint request of the concessionaire and NHAI, a three-member tribunal of former Supreme Court judges was constituted outside SAROD.
9. M/s Lanco-Rani (JV) v. M/s National Highways Authority of India
   Delhi High Court · 2026-09-02 · O.M.P. (COMM) 145/2017 with I.A. No. 20791/2017 · a belated suspicion that the nominee arbitrator's employer worked for NHAI did not show bias; the challenge to the 2008 award failed.
10. M/s. Shanti Telefilms v. M/s. Amma Creations
    Madras High Court · 2026-09-15 · O.A. No. 372 of 2026 with Arb. Appln. Nos. 944 and 945 of 2026 · section 9 applications over a Tamil film ended on an admission of liability and an undertaking not to release it until the dues are cleared.
11. M/s Tinna Rubber and Infrastructure Limited v. Mr. Pankaj Gandhi
    Delhi High Court · 2026-09-09 · ARB.P. 745/2026 with I.A. 11290/2026 · an arbitration clause printed on the back of invoices was prima facie enough without a separate signature; a sole arbitrator was appointed.
12. Lotus Landmarks (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. RVP City Owners & Ors
    Karnataka High Court · 2026-08-31 · Miscellaneous First Appeal No. 103181 of 2022 (AA) · a landowners' nominee sat as sole arbitrator without a section 11(6) application, so the award was a nullity and was set aside.
13. National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Polymech Plast Machines Ltd.
    Gujarat High Court · 2026-08-19 · R/First Appeal No. 3873 of 2014 with R/Cross Objection No. 15 of 2015 · majority awards of ₹40,53,289 on a fire insurance claim were set aside as perverse, treating an office note as the policy; minority upheld.
14. State Bank of India v. K R Anand
    Delhi High Court · 2026-09-15 · O.M.P. (COMM) 69/2024 with I.A. 2596/2024 · Emden-formula overheads awarded without proof of loss, and price variation for a no-PVA extension, were set aside; interest awards stood.