PADHIYAR JAYDIPSINH SHANTILAL vs ARBITRATOR AND COLLECTOR SHREE, PANCHMAHAL Advocate - R S THAKOR — 147/2025

Case Summary: 147/2025 The 5th Additional District Judge, Panchmahals allowed the applicants' petition to extend the statutory arbitrator's mandate under Section 29A(4)(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The court found sufficient cause for extension despite the arbitrator's order that the statutory 12-month period had expired, reasoning that the delay resulted from administrative and procedural constraints rather than the applicants' fault, and that refusing extension would prejudice the land-losing farmers. The arbitrator's mandate was extended for one year from the order date to adjudicate the compensation dispute for lands acquired for the Ahmedabad-Indore National Highway project. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.