M/a Paduka Multi Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Thru Auth. Signatory Archana Srivastava v. M/S Spencers Retail Ltd. Thru Its General Manager U.P. East
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; order dated 7.4.2025 by Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.; Civil Misc. Arbitration Applications Nos. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 55 and 56 of 2024 heard together (applicants include M/A Paduka Multi Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Alankrita Roy, Mohd. Rehan Rashid, Smt. Gulista Tarannum, Mohd. Ahmad Farooqui, Mrs. Sangeeta Satya, Amit Verma, Krishan Kumar Satya, Preeti Srivastava) versus M/S Spencers Retail Ltd.; appointment of arbitrator under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Section 11(8) read with Section 12(1); Schedules VI and VII; Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015); arbitrator proposed: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Kumar Singh; respondents' objections left to be considered by the arbitrator; counsel: Anuj Kudesia and Anurag Tyagi for applicants, Syed Mohammad Haider Rizv and Tushar Mittal for opposite party.
What did the court decide?
The Court acceded to the applicants' request for appointment of an arbitrator: it proposed to appoint Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Kumar Singh as arbitrator to settle the dispute between the parties; his disclosures (Section 11(8) read with Section 12(1) of the Act, 1996; Schedules VI and VII as amended in 2015) and consent were to be elicited; the applicant was to supply an additional copy of the application within ten days; and the matter was to be listed immediately after receipt of reply/consent.