The Supreme Court has dismissed two long-running appeals between the National Highways Authority of India and Hindustan Construction Company.
In the first, the Court found no error of law or fact in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s decision and rejected NHAI’s challenge.
The second concerned a High Court ruling under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act that altered claims allowed by an arbitral tribunal and sustained at the Section 34 stage. After reviewing the underlying findings, the Supreme Court said it might not agree with the High Court’s reasoning but considered its ultimate conclusions correct and supported by the record.
The result illustrates outcome-focused appellate review: disagreement with a lower court’s analytical route does not require reversal where the disposition itself remains legally and factually sustainable.