Kiran Patra And ANR v. Smt Ratna Dey And ORS

ORDER

OCD-16

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/313/2025 KIRAN PATRA AND ANR.

VS SMT RATNA DEY AND ORS.

BEFORE:

The Hon'ble JUSTICE SHAMPA SARKAR Date: 29th April, 2025.

Appearance:

Mr. Ayan Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. A. Bhowmick, Adv.

Ms. D. Mukherjee, Adv.

...for petitioners.

Mr. Shoham Sanyal, Adv.

Mr. Indranil Chandra, Adv.

...for respondents.

The Court:- This is an application for appointment of a substitute arbitrator on the elevation of the erstwhile learned arbitrator as an Hon'ble Judge of this Court. As per the rules, the petitioner has approached this Court upon the inability of the learned arbitrator to continue with the arbitration proceeding. The learned advocate for the respondents does not raise any objection.

Accordingly, the application is disposed of by appointing Mr. Anindya Basu, learned Advocate, Bar Library Club as the substitute arbitrator, to arbitrate upon the disputes between the parties. This appointment is subject to compliance of Section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The

learned Arbitrator shall fix his/her remuneration as per the Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Needless to mention, the parties will be at liberty to approach His Lordship, for return of the records and the documents. The learned arbitrator shall continue from the stage of arguments and publish the award within a year.

(SHAMPA SARKAR, J.) S. Kumar / R.D. Barua