Suresh Kumar & Ors. v. M/S Padam Motors Pvt. Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana appointed Justice K.C. Puri as an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to resolve a lease deed dispute between Suresh Kumar and M/s Padam Motors Private Limited. The seat of arbitration was agreed to be Ludhiana.
What did the court decide?
Appointment of Justice K.C. Puri as the arbitrator for the parties.
What the court decided
I N THE HI GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH
Ar bi t r at i on Case No. 322 of 2017 ( O&M) DATE OF DECI SI ON: 22. 02. 2019
Sur esh Kumar and ot her s
…. . Appl i cant s ver sus
M/ s Padam Mot or s Pr i vat e Li mi t ed
CORAM: - HON' BLE MR. JUSTI CE KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE
Pr esent : Shr i Vai bhav Sehgal , Advocat e f or t he appl i cant Shr i Ar un Bansal and Shr i Anubhav Bansal , Advocat es f or t he r espondent
KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE ( Or al ) :
Thi s i s an appl i cat i on under sect i on 11 of t he Ar bi t r at i on and Conci l i at i on Act , 1996, f or appoi nt ment of an ar bi t r at or .
The l ease deed execut ed bet ween t he par t i es cont ai ns an ar bi t r at i on cl ause wher eunder an i ndependent ar bi t r at or i s t o be appoi nt ed t o set t l e t he di sput es and di f f er ences bet ween t he par t i es. Lear ned counsel f or t he par t i es do not di sput e t he f act t hat t he seat of t he ar bi t r at i on i s t o be Ludhi ana.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the court can appoint an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 given the existence of a valid arbitration clause.
Whether Justices K.C. Puri can be appointed as the arbitrator for the dispute between the parties.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Suresh Kumar and others
- respondent
M/s Padam Motors Private Limited
Coram
Krishna Murari
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Punjab & Haryana HC
- Decided on
- · February
- Registered
- Case no.
- ARB/322/2017
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