Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan v. Tulsidal construction
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Commercial Division; Commercial Arbitration Petition No. 710 of 2025; Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan v. Tulsidal Construction; Section 9 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; modification of order dated August 12, 2025; engineer in charge sacked; affidavit directed by September 24, 2025 and September 30, 2025; MSMED Act statutory conciliation; MSEFC reference; Section 11 application (L) No. 26436 of 2025; Somasekhar Sundaresan J; order dated September 16, 2025; stand over October 1, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: Respondent to file affidavit on the engineer in charge by September 24, 2025; Petitioner to respond with the entire factual matrix by September 30, 2025; parties to proceed towards statutory conciliation under the MSMED Act; petition stood over to October 1, 2025, to be listed along with connected Commercial Arbitration Application (L) No. 26436 of 2025; no view taken on modification of the order dated August 12, 2025.