Dr. Ashish Rajkumar Bhiwapurkar v. M/S Himalaya Infra Projects, Nagpur
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR CIVIL APPLICATION (CAO) NO. 401/2024 IN MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION (ARBN) NO. 434/2022 Dr. Ashish Rajkumar Bhiwapurkar Vs. M/s Himalaya Infra Projects Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Mr. R.M. Bhangde, Advocate for Applicant Mr. Palash Chakole, Advocate for Respondent CORAM: BHARAT P. DESHPANDE, J.
DATED : 22nd MARCH, 2024 This is an application for appointment of another Arbitrator in view of recusal of the learned Arbitrator appointed by this Court on 14/10/2022. A perusal of the order passed by the learned Arbitrator and in view of the application filed by the applicant, there is need for appointment of another Arbitrator. Accordingly, former Judge of this Court Shri Justice Rohit Deo, is appointed as Arbitrator. The parties are directed to collect the record and proceedings from the earlier Arbitrator in order to hand over it to the Arbitrator appointed for conducting the proceedings.
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Learned counsel for the applicant shall communicate copy of this order to the learned Sole Arbitrator within a period of one week from today.
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The learned Sole Arbitrator is requested to forward his Statement of Disclosure under Section 11 (8) read with Section 12 (1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to the learned counsel for applicant so as to enable him to file the same in the Registry of this Court. The Registry of this Court shall retain the said statement on the file of this application and copy of the same shall be furnished to the learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for the respondent.
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The parties shall appear before the learned Sole Arbitrator on such date and at such place as he nominates to obtain appropriate directions with regard to fixing a schedule for completing pleadings etc. The Arbitral Tribunal shall give all further directions with reference to the arbitration and also as to how it is to proceed. 5.
Contact and communication particulars shall be provided by both sides to the learned Sole Arbitrator within a period of one week from today. This information shall include a valid and functional email address as well as mobile numbers of the respective Advocates.
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The parties have agreed that the Sole Arbitrator shall charge his fees as per the 4th Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
3 23-434-22.odt 1996 read with the Bombay High Court (Fee payable to Arbitrators) Rules, 2018. The parties have further agreed that all the arbitral costs and the fees of the Arbitrator will be borne by the applicant and the respondent equally and will be subject to the final Award that may be passed by the Tribunal.
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The parties immediately shall consent to a further extension of six months to complete the arbitration, if the learned Sole Arbitrator finds it necessary.
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The parties have agreed that the seat of the arbitration will be at Nagpur. However, the venue of the arbitration shall be decided by the Sole Arbitrator taking into consideration convenience of the parties as well as his convenience.
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In view of above, the Misc. Civil Application is allowed and disposed of accordingly.
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Parties to act upon authenticated copy of this order.
(BHARAT P. DESHPANDE, J.) MP Deshpande