Supreme Court – Daily Orders
National Highways Authority Of India vs Balwant Singh on 27 May, 2025
ITEM NOs.9 + 42 COURT NO.5 SECTION IV-B
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 12381/2025
[Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 27-01-2025 in
FAO No. 3112/2015(O&M) passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana
at Chandigarh]
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
BALWANT SINGH & ORS. Respondent(s)
FOR ADMISSION and I.R.
WITH
SLP(C) No. 14545/2025 (IV-B)
FOR ADMISSION and I.R.
IA No. 128738/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
SLP(C) No. 14491/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 128314/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
SLP(C) No. 14708/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129755/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
SLP(C) No. 15754/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129810/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 129811/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 129806/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)
SLP(C) No. 15755/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129888/2025 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
IA No. 129887/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
SLP(C) No. 14701/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129751/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
SLP(C) No. 15039/2025 (IV-B)
Signature Not Verified
IA No. 132321/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
Digitally signed by
NEETU SACHDEVA
Date: 2025.05.28
JUDGMENT
10:35:02 IST
Reason:
contd..
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SLP(C) No. 15756/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 133285/2025 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
IA No. 133287/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14718/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130150/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15757/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129831/2025 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
IA No. 129830/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15759/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 131359/2025 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
IA No. 131357/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14719/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130163/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14762/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130538/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14740/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130492/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14700/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 129743/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15760/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130265/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 130266/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 130264/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)SLP(C) No. 15761/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130094/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 130095/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 130092/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)SLP(C) No. 15765/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130278/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 130279/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 130277/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)
SLP(C) No. 15764/2025 (IV-B)
contd..
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IA No. 130619/2025 – DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT
IA No. 130620/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 130617/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)SLP(C) No. 15763/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130502/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 130510/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 130497/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)SLP(C) No. 14786/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130569/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14752/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130521/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14812/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130727/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15762/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 131434/2025 – CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
IA No. 131435/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14922/2025 (IV-B)
FOR ADMISSION and I.R.SLP(C) No. 15006/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 131999/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14909/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 131165/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14967/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 131426/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14805/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130652/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTDiary No(s). 25514/2025
SLP(C) No. 15769/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 134814/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
contd..
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IA No. 134815/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 134813/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)
SLP(C) No. 15225/2025 (IV-B)
FOR ADMISSIONSLP(C) No. 14849/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130858/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15398/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 135574/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15770/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 135106/2025 – ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION PARTIES
IA No. 135107/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 135105/2025 – PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..)SLP(C) No. 15348/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 135131/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15389/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 135514/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15432/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 135718/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 15580/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 136244/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTSLP(C) No. 14833/2025 (IV-B)
IA No. 130783/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENTDate : 27-05-2025 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
(PARTIAL COURT WORKING DAYS BENCH)For Petitioner(s) :Mr. K S Kang, Adv.
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR
Ms. Pallavi Daem, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Kumari, Adv.
contd..
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For Respondent(s) :
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Permission to file Special Leave Petition(s) is granted.Delay condoned.
We dispose of these Special Leave Petitions by reserving
liberty to the petitioner(s) herein to seek modification of the
impugned interim order(s) on the basis of the final order dated
20.02.2025 passed by this Court in the case of National Highways
Authority of India Vs. Maharaj Singh & Ors. (S.L.P (C)
No.27289/2024 and connected matters).
For ease or reference, the relevant portion of the said order
is extracted as under –
“1. Leave granted.
2. In these cases, petitions under Section 34 of the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, ‘the
1996 Act’) are pending. The High Court was right in
imposing condition of the appellant depositing 50 per cent
of the compensation amount as a condition for grant of
stay. However, the High Court should have secured the
amount by directing the respondents-claimants to furnish a
bank guarantee for the said amount to the satisfaction of
the Court in which Section 34 petitions are pending.
3. Accordingly, we modify the impugned orders to that
limited extent. The withdrawal of the 50% of the amount
deposited by the appellant shall be permitted subject to
the respondents-claimants furnishing a bank guarantee for
the said amount to the satisfaction of the said Court.
4. If the claimants failed to withdraw the amount on
furnishing bank guarantee as aforesaid within four months
from today, the amount shall be deposited in the fixed
deposit with any nationalised bank and the fixed deposit
shall be renewed from time to time till the disposal of
the petitions before the High Court.
5. We are conscious of the fact that some of the claimants
are not served. If they need any clarification /
contd..
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modification, they are free to apply to this Court.
6. The appeals are partly allowed on the above terms.”
The Special Leave Petitions are disposed of in the
aforesaid terms.
Pending application(s) including the application(s) for
deletion/addition/modification of parties shall stand disposed of.
(NEETU SACHDEVA) (DIVYA BABBAR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)