2024 INSC 889
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO._________/2024 SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 2272 OF 2024
M/S AJAY PROTECH PVT. LTD. ...APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
GENERAL MANAGER & ANR. …RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The short issue in this appeal is whether the application filed
by the appellant under Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 19961 for extension of the mandate of the Arbitral
Tribunal ought to have been allowed by the High Court. The text
of Section 29A was sufficient for us to come to the conclusion that
the Court has the power and jurisdiction to extend the period.
Further, in the facts and circumstances of the case, we found that
there is ‘sufficient cause’ for the Court to extend the period for
making the Award. Thus, we have allowed the appeal and extended
1 Hereinafter “the Act”.
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the time till 31st December, 2024 to make the Award. In this
context, we have also explained the purport of the expression
sufficient cause employed in this section.
3. The brief facts are as follows. The appellant entered into a
works contract with respondent no. 1. Subsequently when
disputes arose, appellant sought resolution through arbitration by
issuing a notice on 12.02.2018. Appellant’s application under
Section 11 of the Act for appointment of ...