NHAI v. Parma Nand and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of 150-day delay in filing arbitration appeal by NHAI; deletion of name of deceased respondent Dhaneshwari Devi with legal representatives (heirs) already on record as respondents No.3 and 4; amended memo of parties undertaking within three days; stay of operation, implementation and execution of judgment dated 01.08.2024 of learned District Judge, Mandi and arbitral award dated 25.02.2023 during pendency of appeal, conditional on deposit of entire awarded amount with up-to-date interest within eight weeks; prior counsel M/s M.V. Kini & Co blamed for non-intimation of disposal; certified copy applied 27.09.2024, delivered 22.10.2024; case types: OMP(M) No.251 of 2025, OMP No.496 of 2026, Arb. Appeal No.___ of 2026, OMPST No.18447 of 2025; decision by Judge Romesh Verma dated 15.06.2026; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Composite order of 15.06.2026: (i) name of deceased respondent No.2, Dhaneshwari Devi, deleted from the array of parties (her legal representatives already on record as respondents No.3 and 4), with an undertaking to file an amended memo of parties within three days; (ii) delay of 150 days in filing the appeal condoned; (iii) arbitration appeal registered and admitted, with records to be sent for; (iv) operation, implementation and execution of the impugned judgment dated 01.08.2024 (learned District Judge, Mandi) and of the arbitral award dated 25.02.2023 stayed during the pendency of the appeal, subject to deposit of the entire awarded amount with up-to-date interest within eight weeks.