(Commercial Division) v. MIRONDA MINMETALS PRIVATE LIMITED

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE (Commercial Division) AP-COM/789/2025 SUNRISE ORE AND MINERALS PRIVATE LIMITED Versus MIRONDA MINMETALS PRIVATE LIMITED BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 11th November, 2025. Appearance Mr. Gaurav Purkayastha, Adv. Mr. Aditya Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Sushmita Choudhury, Adv. …for the petitioner Mr. Nigam Ashish Chakraborty, Adv. Mr. Anujit Mookherji, Adv. Mr. Prithish Chandra, Adv. …for the respondent The Court: This is an application filed by the petitioner under Section 29-A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking extension of time period for concluding the arbitral proceedings and publication of the award. This Court vide order dated 17.01.2023 appointed the sole Arbitrator for adjudicating the disputes between the parties. The time period was extended by mutual consent by six months. The said timeline expired on

02.10.2025. It is stated by the parties that the matter is at final argument stage. This Court has heard the arguments of both the parties and examined the documents placed on record. 2 The Learned Sole Arbitrator has held 31 hearings and the matter is presently at the stage of final argument. Learned Counsel for the respondent has no objection for the said timeline to be extended. Upon consideration, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole Arbitrator in conducting the proceedings. Accordingly, the mandate of the sole Arbitrator is extended for a further period of six months from today. Learned Sole Arbitrator is requested to ensure that the arbitral proceedings are concluded and the award is published within the time extended by this Court. With the aforesaid observation, the present arbitration petition is