M/S Raghubar Singh vs State Of Bihar

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

This application has been moved seeking appointment of an Arbitrator invoking the powers of this Court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Petitioner and the respondent entered into an agreement dated 30.04.2013 (Annexure-P-2, page-24). The said agreement contains an arbitration Clause (Clause-25, page-108). The petitioner invoked the said arbitration clause vide communications dated 28.03.2022 (Annexure-P-9, Page- 209), dated 30.03.2022 (Annexure-P-10, Page 213) and dated 23.05.2022 (Annexue-P-12, Page 219), but to no avail.

It is pleaded that the respondents have not settled the dispute till date and the dispute is of civil in nature.

Today, there is no dispute about-(a) the legality, validity and binding effect of the written agreement dated 30.04.2013 entered into between the parties to the lis; (b) the existence of arbitration clause contained therein; (c) the existence of dispute(s) arising there from; (d) the dispute arisen out of the agreement being civil in nature; (e) no legal impediment in the adjudication of the dispute by the learned Arbitrator; (f) Petitioner having exhausted the channel available for resolution of the dispute; (g) the respondent having failed to appoint an Arbitrator pursuant to the invocation of the arbitration clause by the petitioner.

As  such,  Hon’ble  Mr.  Justice  Shyam  Kishore Sharma, former Judge of the Patna High Court (Mobile No. 9871141854), is appointed as learned Arbitrator to adjudicate all disputes arising out of agreement dated 30.04.2013 entered into between the parties to the lis.

All pleas and issues raised, on merits, are left open to be considered and decided by the learned Arbitrator.

Learned Arbitrator shall be entitled to fee as per the schedule of the Act.

Since the dispute arises out of an agreement of the year 2013, the hearing be expedited.

Parties undertake to fully cooperate and not take any unnecessary adjournment.

The issue of limitation, if any, is left open to be raised before the learned Arbitrator.

Joint Registrar (List) is directed to communicate the order to the learned Arbitrator.

Learned counsel for the parties also undertake to communicate the order to the learned Arbitrator. In fact, they volunteered to appear before him, through digital mode/physical mode on 24.04.2023 and apprise him of the passing of the order.

Parties shall file their statement of claims before the learned Arbitrator on such date of hearing which he may fix, as per mutual convenience.

The Request Petition stands disposed of in the above terms.

Interlocutory Application(s),  if  any,  shall  stand disposed of.