Manoj Kumar Shaw v. Hari Govind Jaiswal

OCD-10 ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/84/2026 MANOJ KUMAR SHAW VS HARI GOVIND JAISWAL

BEFORE:

THE HON'BLE JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date: 3rd February, 2026.

Appearance:

Ms. Sayani Das, Adv.

Ms. Sreetama Biswas, Adv.

...for the petitioner Mr. Rohit Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Suryaneel Das, Adv.

Mr. Chiranjeet Pal, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Monda, Adv.

...for the respondent The Court: The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996 seeking extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award.

Learned Counsel for the petitioner states that this Court vide order dated 11th May, 2023 appointed a learned sole arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed on 8th October, 2023. Thereafter, with the consent of the parties the mandate of the arbitral tribunal was extended by six months. Subsequently, this Court vide order dated 22nd May, 2025, further extended the mandate of the arbitral tribunal by eight months till 22nd January, 2026.

The Ld. Sole Arbitrator held 36 meetings and the matter is at the final argument stage.

Learned Counsel for the respondent states that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue and unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole arbitrator in conducting the proceedings.

Having regard to the advanced stage of the proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the arbitral tribunal is extended further for a period of eight months from today.

The learned sole arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to conclude the arbitral proceedings and publish the arbitral award within the extended time period.

With the aforesaid observations, the present petition stands disposed of.

(GAURANG KANTH, J.) S. A.

AR (CR)