PRL PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LTD v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
ARB.P./1854/2025 · 2025-11-07
Jasmeet Singh
body2025
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$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ARB.P. 1854/2025 PRL PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LTD .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Anusuya Salwan, Adv. versus STATE OF RAJASTHAN .....Respondent Through: Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain, Adv. CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 07.11.2025 I.A. 27560/2025 Allowed subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of.
ARB.P. 1854/2025
1. This is a petition filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of an Arbitrator for adjudication of disputes between the parties arising out of a Letter of Acceptance dated 09.05.2018 for construction of proposed 2-lane ROB on Jodhpur Ajmer Road NH-65. Pursuant to the issuance of the said Letter of Acceptance, parties entered into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement (“EPC Agreement”).
2. The EPC Agreement contains an arbitration clause being Clause No.
26.
3. Since there were disputes between the parties, the petitioner invoked This is a digitally signed order. 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 13/11/2025 at 11:35:25
arbitration vide legal notice dated 19.05.2025.
4. Ms. Jain, learned counsel for the respondent, states that the arbitration clause contemplates an Arbitral Tribunal of 3 members. The petitioner has already appointed its nominee Arbitrator and the respondent has appointed Mr. Bhesha Nand Singh as their nominee Arbitrator.
5. Both the nominee Arbitrators of the parties will appoint a Presiding Arbitrator in accordance with the arbitration clause.
6. In case the Presiding Arbitrator is not appointed within reasonable time, the petitioner will be entitled to revive the petition.
7. The petition is disposed of.
JASMEET SINGH, J NOVEMBER 7, 2025 / (MS) This is a digitally signed order. 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 13/11/2025 at 11:35:25