SLP(C) No. 839/2026 etc.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 839 of 2026)
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, MOGA ..... APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
M/S. JITF URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT (FEROZEPUR) LTD. & ORS.
..... RESPONDENT(S)
with
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 924 of 2026)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
Challenge in these appeals is to the orders dated 09.12.2025
passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana
at Chandigarh in FAO-CARB-9-2024 (O&M) and FAO-CARB-10-2024 (O&M).
By the said orders, the High Court confirmed the orders dated
08.01.2024 passed by the learned Additional District Judge,
Chandigarh, exercising the power of a Commercial Court, dismissing
the applications filed by the appellant-Corporation under Section
34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, on the ground
that the appellant-Corporation had failed to comply with the
condition imposed in the orders dated 23.08.2023, staying the
1 “Arbitration Act”, for short
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SLP(C) No. 839/2026 etc.
operation of the arbitral awards, subject to deposit of 100% of the
amounts due and payable thereunder. The Division Bench was of the
same opinion that once the appellant-Corporation failed to abide by
the conditional stay orders dated 23.08.2023, by depositing 100% of
the awarded amount, it was not open to it to continue with its
challenge t...