Mrs Sudesh Kumari Lamba v. M/S Rathi Marketing
Case brief
What is this about?
CMP No. 557 of 2024 (NC: 2025:KHC:45630), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Suraj Govindaraj J, order dated 07.11.2025. Sudesh Kumari Lamba v. M/s Rathi Marketing, Abhijeet Rathi, Vishnukant Rathi and M/s Little Italy Express Foods Pvt Ltd. Application under Section 11(5)(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Clause 17 arbitration clause of lease deed dated 19.01.2018; notices dated 27.05.2023, 15.07.2024 and 15.10.2024; CMP allowed; Sri Justice B.A. Patil (former Judge) appointed sole arbitrator; Arbitration Centre attached to the High Court of Karnataka; appearance fixed 27.11.2025 at 2.30 p.m.; all contentions left open.
What did the court decide?
CMP allowed; Sri Justice B.A. Patil, former Judge of the Court, appointed as sole Arbitrator under the aegis of the Arbitration Centre attached to the High Court of Karnataka; Registry directed to forward a copy of the order to the Director, Arbitration and Conciliation Centre; counsel to appear before the Director on 27.11.2025 at 2.30 p.m. without notice; all contentions left open; Registry directed to return original and/or certified copies produced by the parties.