The Board Of Mumbai Port Authority v. Rkec Projects Limited

15-ia-3230-2025-carbpl-3434-2023.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

varsha ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3230 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION(L) NO. 3434 OF 2023 Digitally signed by VARSHA VIJAY RAJGURU Date:

2026.01.17 14:13:53 +0530 The Board of Mumbai Port Authority ... Applicant/Petitioner VARSHA VIJAY RAJGURU vs.

Rkec Projects Limited ... Respondent Adv. Roopdaksha Basu , Ms. Heenal Wadhwa i/b. Law Point for the Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Harshad Shingnapurkar for the Respondent. CORAM : GAURI GODSE, J.

DATED : 16th JANUARY 2026 ORDER:

INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3230 OF 2025 .

1.

This application is for restoration of the arbitration petition which stood dismissed for non removal of office objections. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that as per the directions by this court a notice dated 26th August 2024 was published granting time in all the arbitration petitions lodged before 1st July 2024, to remove office objections within eight weeks from the date of notice, failing which the petitions would stand rejected under Rule 986, of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980. He submits that office objections were raised, only on 17th January 2025, which is evident from the case status. He therefore submits that it was not Page no. 1 of 2

15-ia-3230-2025-carbpl-3434-2023.doc possible for the learned advocate for the petitioner to remove office objections within eight weeks time that was granted vide notice dated 26th August 2024. He further submits that on checking the case status, the petitioner's advocate learnt that the petition stood dismissed for non-removal of office objections. Hence, this application was immediately filed for restoration. He therefore submits that sometime be granted to remove office objections and the petition be restored.

2.

I have perused the notice dated 26th August 2024, which is tendered and taken on record. The print out of the case status annexed to the application indicates that the objections were raised only on 17th January 2025. Hence, in the facts and circumstances of the case and for the reasons stated in the application, the application is allowed and the arbitration petition is restored, subject to the learned advocate for the petitioner removing all office objections within three weeks from today.

3.

Interim Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. 4.

After the objections are removed, the arbitration petition be listed for admission along with all other pending applications. (GAURI GODSE, J.) Page no. 2 of 2