Meena Devi v. Union of India and Others
ARBITRATION – TIME-BOUND COMPLETION – INTEREST LEFT TO ARBITRATOR
Case brief
What is this about?
Meena Devi v. Union of India & Ors., Arbitration Case No. 321 of 2024, High Court of Himachal Pradesh, decided 05.03.2024 by Rakesh Kainthla, J.: six months' time granted to the Arbitrator (from first appearance of parties) to complete arbitration proceedings; question of awarding interest left open to be dealt with by the Arbitrator as per law, respondents free to agitate; parties to appear on 27.03.2024; disposes of petition following coordinate-bench order in Begma v. Collector Land Acquisition (Arb. Case 521/2023, dt. 17.07.2023).
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of: learned Arbitrator granted six months' time from the date the parties appear before him to complete the arbitration proceedings; Arbitrator left free to deal with the issue of awarding interest, with liberty to respondents to agitate it as per law; parties directed to appear before the learned Arbitrator on 27th March, 2024; parties permitted to produce a downloaded copy of the order before authorities, who shall not insist on a certified copy.