₹1 Lakh Costs Imposed for Frivolous Execution-Stage Challenge to Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has imposed ₹1 lakh as costs on a judgment debtor for repeatedly raising frivolous objections at the execution stage of an arbitral award that had already attained finality up to the Supreme Court of India. The Court held that such conduct amounted to a clear abuse of process and was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The judgment was delivered by Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar…