Chhattisgarh State Agriculture Marketing Board v. M/S Price Water House Coopers Pvt. Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WP227 No. 439 of 2023; CNR CGHC010162842023; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:30806; decided 20/07/2026; single judge Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Subject: stamp duty on arbitral award in execution — objection of Chhattisgarh State Agriculture Marketing Board rejected by Commercial Court (District Level), Nava Raipur in Execution Case No. 09/2022 (order dated 21.04.2023); respondent M/s Price Water House Coopers Pvt. Ltd. paid deficit stamp duty of Rs. 2,95,944/- on 04.05.2026 over earlier Rs. 32,900/-, totalling Rs. 3,28,844/-. Petition disposed of with direction to executing court to verify stamp-duty payment and proceed in accordance with law; interim order vacated. Keywords: arbitral award stamp duty; execution proceedings; Commercial Court Nava Raipur; disposal for want of surviving issue.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of; Commercial Court (District Level), Nava Raipur (C.G.) directed to verify payment of requisite stamp duty on the arbitral award and, if satisfied, proceed with execution proceedings in accordance with law; interim order vacated.