M/S Jatinder Construction Co. (P) Ltd v. Union Of India Thr De (Hr) Gmtd Bsnl Hoshiarpur

PARKASH CHAND 2019.07.12 10:29 I N THE HI GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH Ar bi t r at i on Case No. 154 of 2018 ( O&M) DATE OF DECI SI ON: 05. 07. 2019 M/ s Jat i nder Const r uct i on Co. ( P) Lt d. .... . Appl i cant ver sus Uni on of I ndi a . . . . . Respondent CORAM: - HON' BLE MR. JUSTI CE KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE Pr esent :

Shr i Ankur Guupt a, Advocat e f or t he appl i cant Shr i Ani l Rat hee, St andi ng Counsel f or UOI . .

KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE( Or al ) :

Thi s i s an appl i cat i on under sect i on of t he Ar bi t r at i on and Conci l i at i on Act f or appoi nt ment of an Ar bi t r at or . Lear ned counsel appear i ng f or t he r espondent r ai sed an obj ect i on st at i ng t hat af t er t he r ecusal of t he ar bi t r at or appoi nt ed ear l i er a new ar bi t r at or has been appoi nt ed on

09. 07. 2018. However , t he j ur i sdi ct i on of t hi s cour t was i nvoked by movi ng t he i nst ant appl i cat i on on 29. 05. 2018. Hence, af t er t he j ur i sdi ct i on of t hi s Cour t was i nvoked, t he r espondent l ost t hei r r i ght t o appoi nt t he ar bi t r at or and, t hus, t he appoi nt ment made by t hem i s of no consequence.

I n t he wake of t he above f act s, a f r esh ar bi t r at or i s t o be appoi nt ed.

Accor di ngl y, I her eby appoi nt Just i ce Mahesh Gr over , a f or mer Judge of t hi s Cour t , t o f unct i on as ar bi t r at or f or t he r esol ut i on of di sput es bet ween t he par t i es. The f ee, et c. shal l be as may be set t l ed by t he par t i es wi t h t he l ear ned Ar bi t r at or .

ARB- 154- 2018 - 2 - Appl i cat i on accor di ngl y st ands di sposed of . ( KRI SHNA MURARI )

05. 07. 2019 CHI EF JUSTI CE par kash NOTE:

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