Midaas Construction Company Private Limited v. Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Interlocutory/scheduling order, not a merits ruling. Identifiers: Commercial Arbitration Petition No. 41 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Commercial Division; Judge Somasekhar Sundaresan; order dated January 14, 2025. Parties: Midaas Construction Company Private Limited (Petitioner; led by Sharan Jagtiani, Senior Counsel, i/b Argus Partners) v. Hindustan Construction Company Limited (Respondent; led by Zal Andhyarujina, Senior Advocate). Content: time allocation of 90 minutes (Petitioner) and 60 minutes (Respondent) for final arguments; five-page Notes on Submissions crystallizing issues to be filed before next hearing; matter stood over to February 17, 2025 under caption “Final Hearing”. No statutory provisions, cited cases, issues crystallized, holdings, or amounts appear in the order.
What did the court decide?
Purely procedural order: argument time fixed at about 90 minutes for the Petitioner and not more than 60 minutes for the Respondent; parties directed to file a Note on Submissions not exceeding five pages crystallizing the issues before the next hearing; matter stood over to February 17, 2025 under the caption “Final Hearing”.