(Commercial Division) v. FRONTLINE INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED & Ors.
Case at a glance
- Decided
- 25 Nov 2025
- Bench
- GAURANG KANTH
Provisions considered
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA ORIGINAL SIDE (Commercial Division) AP-COM/876/2025 SREI EQUIPMENT FINANCE LIMITED VS FRONTLINE INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS. BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 25th November, 2025. Appearance Mr. Swatarup Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Sariful Haque, Adv. Mr. Rajib Mullick, Adv. Ms. Sonia Mukherjee, Adv. …for the petitioner The Court: The petitioner has filed the present application under Section 29-A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking extension of time period for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the award. It is the case of the petitioner that this Court vide order dated
03.09.2024 appointed the sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. All the respondents were proceeded ex parte. The respondent nos. 2 and 3 have gone into insolvency and the Arbitrator vide order dated
22.01.2025 noted that since the respondent nos. 2 and 3 have gone into insolvency, the proceedings against them stood stayed. The arbitral tribunal 2 thereafter proceeded ex parte against respondent no.1 vide its order dated
23.04.2025. The mandate of the tribunal expired on 15.11.2025. Learned Counsel for the petitioner states that the matter is presently at the stage of final arguments and in view thereof, the petitioner prays for an extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal by appropriate time. Upon consideration of the submissions and the materials on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the arbitral tribunal in conducting the proceedings. Accordingly, the mandate of the arbitral tribunal is hereby extended for a further period of six months from today. The arbitral tribunal is requested to make all endeavours to conclude the arbitral proceedings and publish the award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid observations, the present arbitration petition is
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Calcutta High Court, on 25 Nov 2025. The bench was GAURANG KANTH.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
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