Kekobad Dossabhoy Doongriwalla v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 29A Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; extension of arbitral mandate after expiry (mandate expired December 3, 2022); interim award dated February 15, 2023; Covid-19 suspension of Section 29A deadline discounted; mandate extended by seven months until December 31, 2026; consent that no further pleadings be filed; final hearing within eight weeks; residual mandate period for making award; Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC); CARBP 197 of 2026 Bombay High Court OOCJ; Somasekhar Sundaresan J.; Rohan Builders (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Berger Paints India Limited 2023 SCC OnLine Cal 2645, Paragraph 64 noted as over-turned by the Supreme Court.
What did the court decide?
Extension of the mandate of the Learned Arbitral Tribunal by a specific period of seven months, rounded up until December 31, 2026, conditional on the parties filing no further pleadings; tribunal to convene within a week of upload of the order; final hearing preferably within eight weeks; residual mandate period to be utilised for making the Arbitral Award.