Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited v. Bajaj Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. (Bidco) (Now Known As Anand Engineering Ltd).

$~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 98/2025 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Shyam D. Nandan, Mr. Siddharth Bambha, Advocates.

Ms. Nandana Menon, Advocate.

versus BAJAJ INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. (BIDCO) (NOW KNOWN AS ANAND ENGINEERING LTD). .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Aman Vachher, Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Mr. Dhiraj, Ms. Abhiti Vachher, Mr. Akshat Vachher, Mr.

Amit Kumar and Mr. Jasvinder Chaudhary, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 30.01.2025 1.

This Petition under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed by the Petitioner for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal 2.

Material on record indicates that the Arbitral Tribunal was constituted on 08.06.2020. It is stated that the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal was extended by this Court till 29.01.2025.

3.

The Respondent has no objection to the mandate being extended. 4.

It is stated by the learned Counsel for the Parties that final arguments stood completed and only the Award has to be pronounced by the Arbitral The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/02/2025 at 12:09:32

Tribunal.

5.

The Apex Court in Rohan Builders (India) Private Limited v. Berger Paints India Limited, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2494, has held that an application for extension of the time period for passing an arbitral award under Section 29A(4) read with Section 29A(5) is maintainable even after the expiry of the twelve-month or the extended six-month period, as the case may be.

6.

In view of the facts of the present case, this Court is inclined to extend the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 30.04.2025 from today, so that the award can be pronounced.

7.

The Petition is disposed of, along with the pending applications, if any.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J JANUARY 30, 2025 S. Zakir The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/02/2025 at 12:09:32