Shivam Industrial Parks And Estates Limited v. Saltee Infrastructure Limited

OCD-6 ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

ORIGINAL SIDE (Commercial Division) AP-COM/873/2025 SHIVAM INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND ESTATES LIMITED VS SALTEE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

BEFORE:

The Hon'ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 6th January, 2026.

Appearance:

Mr. Jishnu Chowdhury, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Ujjaini Chatterjee, Adv.

Ms. Rakhi Dey, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Saraf, Adv.

...for the petitioner Mr. Amritam Mandal, Adv.

...for the respondent The Court: The petitioner has filed the present application 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 Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 02.05.2023 appointed the sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. After the expiry of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal, the parties with mutual consent extended the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 23.08.2025.

Learned Senior Counsel Mr. Chowdhury further submits that arbitral proceedings are at an advanced stage and 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 submissions of the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole Arbitrator in conducting the arbitral proceedings. Accordingly, the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal is hereby extended for a period of one year from today. The learned Arbitrator is requested to make all endeavours to conclude the arbitral proceedings and publish the award within the extended time period.

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

(GAURANG KANTH, J.) R.Bhar