Sanjeev Kumar v. NHAI and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Himachal Pradesh HC order disposing of arbitration-related petition: six months' time granted to Arbitrator to complete proceedings (deadline reckoned from parties' first appearance before Arbitrator); issue of awarding interest expressly left to Arbitrator with respondents free to raise it; consistency sought with Coordinate Bench decision of 17.07.2023 in Arb. Case No.521 of 2023 (Begma v. Collector Land Acquisition); parties fixed to appear before Arbitrator on 29.04.2024; permission to furnish web-downloaded order copy without certification. Bench: Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.
What did the court decide?
Six months' time to the learned Arbitrator (from the date the parties appear before him) to complete arbitration proceedings; interest issue left open to the Arbitrator with respondents free to agitate it; parties ordered to appear before the Arbitrator on 29.04.2024.