REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS. 3584-85 OF 2020 (Arising out of SLP(C) D No. 577 of 2020)
PATEL ENGINEERING LTD. ...Petitioner
VERSUS
NORTH EASTERN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION LTD. (NEEPCO) ...Respondent
WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS. 3438-3439 OF 2020
(Arising out of SLP(C) D No. 593 of 2020)
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS. 3434-3435 OF 2020 (Arising out of SLP(C) D No.595 of 2020)
O R D E R
These special leave petitions arise out of the impugned order
dated 10.10.2019 passed by the High Court of Meghalaya at
Shillong in and by which the High Court declined to entertain the
review petitions filed by the petitioner seeking review of the
judgment and order dated 26.02.2019 in Arbitration Appeal Nos.3, 4
and 5 of 2018 on the ground that no ground for review is made out
and that there is a delay in filing the application for review.
2. We have heard Mr. Harish Salve and Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul,
learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner.
On behalf of the respondent, we have heard Mr. Tushar Mehta,
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learned Solicitor General and Mr. Huzeffa Ahmadi, learned Senior
counsel at some length, even at the time of the admission.
3. The learned sole arbitrator has passed the arbitral award
dated 29.03.2016 in respect of Package-I holding as follows:-
“Based on my findings above, I have no hesi...