Delhi court orders attachment of Bikaner House in arbitral dispute

The court passed the order on an application seeking enforcement of the arbitral award passed by arbitral tribunal on January 21, 2020

A Delhi court has directed the attachment of Bikaner House, a property belonging to the Nokha municipal council in Rajasthan. The action was taken due to the council's failure to pay a Rs 50.31 lakh arbitral award to a company.

District Judge Vidya Prakash passed the order, referencing the 2020 arbitral award in favour of Enviro Infra Engineers Private Limited. The Nagar Palika's appeal against this award was rejected earlier this year, making it final.

In an order passed on September 18, the judge had noted the non-compliance of the court's directions.

"Keeping in view the fact that the Judgement Debtor (JD) had failed to comply with the direction for furnishing affidavit of their assets despite grant of repeated opportunities, the court, while agreeing with the submissions made on behalf of Decree Holder (DH), finds it a fit case for issuance of warrants of attachment against immovable property of JD namely Bikaner House, New Delhi," the judge was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

The court passed the order on an application seeking enforcement of the arbitral award passed by arbitral tribunal on January 21, 2020.

The court restrained the Nagar Palika of Nokha from transferring or charging the property by sale, gift or otherwise, the judge said.

The court has directed the representative of the Nokha Nagar Palika to appear before the court on November 29, the next date of hearing.