Shankaraiah Ashanna Ayyori v. Union Of India

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION (L) NO. 1359 OF 2019 Shankaraiah Ashanna Ayyori

...Petitioner

Versus

Union of India

...Respondent

Mr Arthav Sanghvi, i/b Praxis Legal, for the Petitioner. Mr S Gore, i/b Dushyant Kumar, for Union of India.

CORAM:

G.S. PATEL, J.

DATED:

22nd November 2019 PC:- 1.

The petition is for an extension of arbitral mandate under Section 29-A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Mr Aurup Dasgupta, learned advocate, was appointed the sole arbitrator by an order dated 16th November 2017. He entered upon the reference to his arbitration on 19th December 2017. Before him pleadings were completed. The matter had proceeded to evidence, when time ran out. Parties consented to an initial extension of six months. Later, this Court extended the mandate for a further six months from 4th June 2019. The extended mandate ends on 4th December 2019.

22nd November 2019

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I am informed that further hearings have already been scheduled and what remains is only the filing of written submissions and perhaps a few supplementary arguments.

3.

Accordingly I will extend the time up to 30th April 2020. 4.

The petition is disposed of in these terms. There will be no order as to costs.

(G. S. PATEL, J) 22nd November 2019