Rajesh Kumar Hablani vs State of Chhattisgarh Advocate - A.G. — ARBA/48/2025

Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 05th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010323742025

e-Filing Number

23-07-2025

Filing Number

ARBA/20167/2025

Filing Date

24-Jul-2025

Registration No

ARBA/48/2025

Registration Date

25-Jul-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal , Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal , Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

ARBITRATION MATTERS ( 11 )

Sub-Category

OTHERS. ( 1103 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

05-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 06-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Rajesh Kumar Hablani

    Adv. KABEER KALWANI,ANUSHKA SHARMA,ANUSHKA SHARMA, ,MANOJ PARANJPE,Rishabh Gupta,Arpan Verma,ADITYA DHAR DIWAN,SHASHWAT MISHRA,SANDEEP PATEL,SANDEEP PATEL,SANDEEP PATEL,ANUSHKA SHARMA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.State of Chhattisgarh Advocate - A.G.

  2. 2.Raipur Development Authority

    Adv. PANKAJ AGRAWAL,ANIMESH VERMA SOUMYA RAI Ramayan Yadav RAHUL AMBAST ASHUTOSH SHRIVASTAVA RAVI SINGH

  3. 3.Chief Executive Officer

  4. 4.Revenue Officer Tehsildar

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 05-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh RajputView PDF

    Case Summary: ARBA No. 48/2025 Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh allowed the appeal and condoned the 18-day delay in filing the objection application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The court found that consulting with advocates and time spent by counsel in preparing the application constituted sufficient cause for the delay, which fell within the permissible 30-day extension period. The matter was remitted to the Commercial Court to decide the objection application on merits afresh. Key Reasoning: The court held that rules of limitation are not meant to destroy parties' rights but to prevent dilatory tactics. Since the delay was within the 120+30 day outer limit prescribed by law and adequate cause was shown, refusing condonation would result in substantial injustice to the appellant, who had deposited ₹24,38,000 as earnest money and exhausted other remedies. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 19-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey,Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

  4. 19-Jan-2026

    For Referral To The Special Mediation Drive-Mediation For The Nation

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey , Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal

  5. 05-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey,Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

  6. 29-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

  7. 29-Jul-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  8. 24-Jul-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. ARBA/48/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: ARBA No. 48/2025 Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh allowed the appeal and condoned the 18-day delay in filing the objection application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The court found that consulting with advocates and time spent by counsel in preparing the application constituted sufficient cause for the delay, which fell within the permissible 30-day extension period. The matter was remitted to the Commercial Court to decide the objection application on merits afresh. Key Reasoning: The court held that rules of limitation are not meant to destroy parties' rights but to prevent dilatory tactics. Since the delay was within the 120+30 day outer limit prescribed by law and adequate cause was shown, refusing condonation would result in substantial injustice to the appellant, who had deposited ₹24,38,000 as earnest money and exhausted other remedies. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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