Union of India v. M/S Venus Engineering Concern Pvt. Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Union of India v. M/s Venus Engineering Concern PVT Limited, FMAT 43 of 2025 with IA Nos. CAN 1 of 2025 and CAN 2 of 2025, High Court at Calcutta, heard on and judgment on 13.03.2025; bench: Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Uday Kumar. Appeal against an interlocutory order passed in connection with a Section 34 application, Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, held not maintainable (appeal is a creature of statute; no provision to challenge such interlocutory order); CAN 1 of 2025 dismissed; FMAT 43 of 2025 and CAN 2 of 2025 dismissed as not maintainable; leave granted to prefer a fresh, properly constituted challenge before the appropriate court/Bench. Counsel: Asis Mukherjee and Debjani Ghosal for UOI; Tapas Kr. Dey for the respondent.
What did the court decide?
Leave granted to the appellant to prefer a properly constituted challenge before the appropriate court/Bench against the impugned order, as per law, such challenge to be decided independently in accordance with law; leave to take back the certified copy of the impugned order upon furnishing a photocopy for the records; no order as to costs.