Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited and Anr. v. Orissa Steel Expressway Private Limited
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Calcutta HC Commercial Division appellate decision (APOT/143/2025 with AP-COM/248/2025; decided 16-06-2025; Justice Arijit Banerjee authoring, with Justice Rai Chattopadhyay): SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd & Anr v Orissa Steel Expressway Pvt Ltd. Appeal against Single Judge's interim order dated 28-04-2025 in pending Section 9 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 application; appellants claim loan recovery secured by respondent's assignment of its approx Rs 322 crore arbitral award against NHAI; appellants also served Section 21 arbitration notice. Bench declined to interfere since Section 9 application undecided; affidavit timelines fixed (respondent AoP by 23-06-2025, appellants' reply by 30-06-2025); liberty to mention for precedence; interim order continued till end-July 2025 or further orders; appeal and applications disposed of; merits expressly untouched; no precedents cited.