Bharat Jamnadas Dattani v. Satish Jamnadas Dattani Deceased

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO.460 OF 2019 Satish Jamnadas Dattani & Ors.

....Petitioners

Versus

Samir Bhojwani

...Respondent

ALONG WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.505 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO.460 OF 2019 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.974 OF 2024 IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO.460 OF 2019 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.450 OF 2020 IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO.460 OF 2019 Mr. Rajiv Narula a/w. Tarang Jagtiani i/b. Jhangiani Narula and Associates, Advocates for Petitioners.

Mr. D.V. Deokar a/w. D. Parikh i/b. Parimal K. Shroff & Co., Advocates for Respondent.

CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : JULY 25, 2025 ORDER :

1.

Interim Application No.505 of 2025 is an Application seeking to bring on record legal heirs of the Petitioner No.1, who has passed away recently. Liberty to bring the legal heirs on record and effect the Digitally signed by AARTI GAJANAN PALKAR Date:

2025.08.01 17:31:12 +0530 AARTI GAJANAN PALKAR

changes at the Registry. Interim Application No.505 of 2025 is hereby finally disposed of.

2.

Commercial Arbitration Petition No.460 of 2019 is a Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act").

3.

Heard Learned Counsel for the parties for an overview of the matter. Based on the nature of the issues involved and bearing in mind the scope of jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Act, Learned Counsel for the parties have graciously agreed that both the Petitioners and the Respondent shall take no longer than 30 minutes each for verbal arguments in the matter.

4.

Towards this end, the parties shall file a short Note on Submissions, not exceeding five pages, along with page and case law references, focusing on the scope of Section 34 of the Act, and setting out the manner in which the points canvassed by them ought to be accepted by this Court.

5.

It is made clear that the time commitments made above shall bind the parties, and such time shall be utilized at the discretion of the Learned Counsel for verbalizing the pivotal submissions, resting

assured that the rest of their contentions from their Note on Submissions, would be dealt with by the Court. 6.

With the aforesaid commitments, stand over to August 26, 2025, for final hearing and disposal.

7.

All actions required to be taken pursuant to this order, shall be taken upon receipt of a downloaded copy as available on this Court's website.

[ SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.]