Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) No.11410 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 14.05.2025 by S.K. Sahoo and S. S. Mishra, JJ. Petitioners Dukhuram Beshra @ Dukhia Majhi and another challenged the order dated 31.05.2025 of the Arbitrator-cum-Collector, Mayurbhanj in Arbitration Case No.29 of 2024 arising out of L.A. Case No.90 of 2024. Bench declined to entertain the writ petition citing the alternative and efficacious remedy under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, disposed of the petition with liberty to pursue the statutory remedy, and expressly reserved the question of merits. No precedent cases cited; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to resort to the remedy under law before the appropriate authority (Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996); urgent certified copy directed to be issued as per Rules.