Sri Arun Chakraborty v. Sudipta Chatterjee And ORS.

OD-6 ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE AP/60/2026 SRI ARUN CHAKRABORTY VS SUDIPTA CHATTERJEE AND ORS.

BEFORE:

The Hon'ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 12th May, 2026.

Appearance Mr. Debdutta Saha, Adv.

Mr. Nipesh Majhi, Adv.

...for the petitioner Mr. Rhitam Chatterjee, Adv.

...for the respondents The Court: Affidavit of service is taken on record. The petitioner has preferred 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 submits that this Court vide order dated 23.04.2024 appointed a sole arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed on 30.09.2024. The parties, by mutual consent, extended the mandate of the arbitral tribunal till 31.03.2026. Learned Counsel for the petitioner further states that the matter is presently at the stage of recording of evidence. 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 materials placed on record and the arguments advanced by the learned Counsel for the parties, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue and unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole arbitrator in concluding the arbitral 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. Mandi