D K Floriculture Private Limited v. Union Of India & ANR.
$~53 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 5/2025 D K FLORICULTURE PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through:
Mr. Viren S Chaudhary, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR.
.....Respondents Through:
Mr.
Santosh Kumar, Standing Counsel and Mr. Devansh Malhotra and Ms. Nidhi Rani, Advocates Mr. Shivam Geol, Mr. Anil Kumar Goyal, Ms. Ramya S. Goel, Ms.
Sanya Sharma, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
O R D E R
% 08.01.2025 I.A. 221/2025 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 5/2025 1.
This is a petition under Section 29A (4) & (5) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking extension of mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for making the arbitral award.
2.
The learned Arbitrator was appointed pursuant to an application of the petitioner under Section 3G (5) of the National Highways Act, 1956. It is submitted that the pleadings have been completed before the learned Sole Arbitrator and the arbitration is at the stage of arguments. 3.
It is stated that the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal has expired in The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 24/01/2025 at 14:25:29
March, 2024. The Petitioner has, therefore, approached this Court for extension of time for making the award. It is very unfortunate that the mandate of the Tribunal has expired in March, 2024 and the parties have not yet taken any step for extension of the mandate of the Arbitrator. However, in view of the fact that substantial time and money has been spent by the Parties on the Arbitration and the fact that evidence has been completed and the matter is at the stage of final arguments, this Court is inclined to extend the mandate of the Arbitrator from March, 2024 till 10.06.2025 so that the Award can be pronounced and no further extension of time would be required by the Tribunal.
4.
The petition is disposed of along with the pending applications, if any. SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J JANUARY 08, 2025 Rahul The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 24/01/2025 at 14:25:29