M/S Siddhivinayak Food Processors Throu. Nikhil Radhyshyam Agrawal v. the Land Acquisition Officer and Dy Collector General Administraion and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Maintainability of writ petitions under Article 226 where statutory arbitration remedy under Section 19B(8) Maharashtra Highways Act 1955 already invoked and alive; compensation for easementary and appurtenant rights under Section 19B(5) MH Act; Land Acquisition Officer awards 2019; statutory arbitrator Divisional Commissioner; Section 34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 applications; fresh round of arbitration after Section 34 allowed; parallel proceedings objection; amendment of statements of claim liberty; sympathetic consideration without technicalities; expiry of arbitrator's mandate and private arbitrators; National Highway Authority of India v Resham Singh (2023) SCC OnLine P&H 7228 distinguished; Union of India v Tarsem Singh (2019) 9 SCC 304 distinguished; Bombay High Court writ petitions disposed of, not dismissed; batch of 41 writ petitions WP 17264/2025 onwards.