Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Through Dattatraya Mamadapur v. The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited

47-CARBP-160-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 160 OF 2025 M/s. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited ... Petitioner Vs.

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited .. Respondent Digitally signed by SHRADDHA KAMLESH TALEKAR Date:

2025.07.22 15:10:17 +0530 SHRADDHA KAMLESH TALEKAR Mr. Pankaj Savant a/w. Krishnan Iyer i/b Pragnya Legal, for Petitioner. Mr. Srisabari Rajan a/w. Ms. Sneha Goud, Ishan Chhokra i/b Bose & Mitra and Co., for Respondent.

CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

Date : July 16, 2025 Order :

1.

This is a Petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act").

2.

Should the amount awarded along with interest as awarded computed until today, i.e., July 16, 2025 be deposited with the registry of this Court, no later than August 6, 2025, execution of the Impugned Award, shall remain stayed.

3.

Based on the nature of the issues involved and bearing in mind the scope of jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Act, Learned Counsel have graciously agreed that the Petitioner shall take not more than 30 minutes and July 16, 2025 Shraddha

47-CARBP-160-2025.doc the Respondent shall take no longer than 30 minutes for verbal arguments in the matter.

4.

Towards this end, the parties shall e-file a short Note on Submissions, not exceeding five pages, along with page and case law references, setting out the manner in which the points canvassed by them ought to be accepted by this Court.

5.

It is made clear that the time commitments made above shall bind the parties, and such time shall be utilized at the discretion of the Counsel for verbalizing the pivotal submissions, resting assured that the rest of their contentions from their Note on Submissions, would be dealt with by the Court.

6.

With the aforesaid commitment, list on August 26, 2025 under the caption, "Final Hearing-Section 34".

7.

All actions required to be taken pursuant to this order, shall be taken upon receipt of a downloaded copy as available on this Court's website. [ SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.] July 16, 2025 Shraddha