Kanayalal Ketandas Manwani v. The Competent Authority

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 275 OF 2025 Kanayalal Ketandas Manwani

...Petitioner

Versus

The Competent Authority

...Respondent

AND ARBITRATION PETITION (ST) NO. 38561 OF 2025 AND ARBITRATION PETITION (ST) NO. 39889 OF 2025 AND ARBITRATION PETITION (ST) NO. 39899 OF 2025 AND ARBITRATION PETITION (ST) NO. 38502 OF 2025

CORAM

: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : JANUARY 14 2026 (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER :

1.

By way of a praecipe, a request was made for speaking to the minutes of the order dated January 7, 2026, to correct errors. The matter was reviewed in Chambers and this order is passed. 2.

At the end of paragraph 4 of the said order, the following content shall be added:- ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI "For clarity, the Learned Arbitral Tribunal is being appointed in ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI Date: 2026.01.20 14:49:18 +0530 the following terms:-

A) Mr. S.V. Gangapurwala (Retd.) Judge of this Court is hereby appointed as the Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes and differences between the parties arising out of and in connection with the Agreement referred to above;

B) A copy of this Order will be communicated to the Learned Sole Arbitrator by the Advocates for the Petitioner within a period of one week from the date of upload of this order. The Petitioner shall provide the contact and communication particulars of the parties to the Arbitral Tribunal along with a copy of this Order;

C) The Learned Sole Arbitrator is requested to forward the statutory Statement of Disclosure under Section 11(8) read with Section 12(1) of the Act to the parties within a period of two weeks from receipt of a copy of this Order;

D) The parties shall appear before the Learned Sole Arbitrator on such date and at such place as indicated, to obtain appropriate directions with regard to

conduct of the arbitration including fixing a schedule for pleadings, examination of witnesses, if any, schedule of hearings etc. At such meeting, the parties shall provide a valid and functional email address along with mobile and landline numbers of the respective Advocates of the parties to the Arbitral Tribunal. Communications to such email addresses shall constitute valid service of correspondence in connection with the arbitration and E) All arbitral costs and fees of the Arbitral Tribunal shall be borne by the parties equally in the first instance, and shall be subject to any final Award that may be passed by the Tribunal in relation to costs." 3.

The rest of the aforesaid order remains unaltered. The original order shall be corrected and made available to the parties. The praecipe stands disposed of accordingly.

4.

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.]