NHAI v. Sita Devi and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) vs. Sita Devi & others; condonation of delay of 211 days in filing appeal; appeal admitted and registered as Arb. Appeal No.____/2026 (ARBAST No. 13147/25); OMP(M) No. 146 of 2025; OMP No. ____2026 (OMPST14566/25); conditional stay of execution, implementation and operation of arbitral award dated 05.04.2023 passed by learned Arbitrator; judgment dated 02.09.2024 by learned District Judge, Mandi, H.P.; CIS Registration No. 232 of 2023; deposit of entire awarded amount alongwith up-to-date interest within eight weeks; stayed till further order; advocates Santosh Kumar (vice Sumeet Raj Sharma) for applicant/appellant and Munish Datwalia for respondents; Romesh Verma, Judge; decided 06.03.2026.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 211 days in filing the appeal condoned and the condonation application allowed; appeal registered as Arb. Appeal No.____/2026 (ARBAST No. 13147/25) and admitted, to be listed for hearing in due course; execution, implementation and operation of the impugned award dated 05.04.2023 and judgment dated 02.09.2024 (CIS Registration No. 232 of 2023) stayed till further order, subject to deposit of the entire awarded amount alongwith up-to-date interest within eight weeks; stay application disposed of.