IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 1 1?" DAY OF SEPTEMBER
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE V.qoPA1.A "
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THE HONBLE DR.JUSTICE-
MISCELLANEOUS FIRST N{$.*93Es_/DéocD>'9 (A :'\j
BETWEEN: 'D D
The Commissionefiv
City Municipal V
Chintamani, Dti Iu§03'3':_1iff " ' ¢_ ...Appe1laI1t
{By Sri _
1. Chief I-T?rojectD4'1\/i21V_rD1agé.r, A'
Rites,.I;fitd.,L'~5--D Bharat _
"Apar'tIr1'e1i1tS, 44/ 1, Fetif"
A*._ Fi_eid., Layout Race.
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Bang'a_10re--«1[_;-. . __ '~ "
H The iV1'ana--gi.ng"';I)irector,
'Rites LiInitéd..
_ D " _OffiC"e Complex,
" ._ "Gu1faga_0n-- 122 001
&.jsi'::1té: 'Haryana.
3. The Joint Secretary
Arbitrator,
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Arid Public Enterprises,
Room No.315, Block No.14,
Public Enterprises Bhavan,
C.G.O. Complex, 3 " = --- b
New Delhi--1 10 001. Respondents _ .
[By Sri A.1\/Iohan Ram 81 Sri.A.N " . 2 it
This MFA is filed U/s of" the '=A_r.bitration and
Conciliation Act, 1966 against the order dated .1~*1,11.2(IO8 passed
in A.S.No.67/2007 on the file of;'\7l Additional city Civil Judge,
Bangalore, dismissing the suit" filed 1;;/is C3-.4»of*ithe Arbitration and
Conciliation Act for setting the .i.mpugned_.alward' dated 16.11.2007
passed by Respondent_~3 therei-ng» 'C
Misc.Cvl.286'1../(19is'filed' u/o-l4'1V'Rule 5 of CPC praying to
grant an interim order of ._stay ,_s'ta'yin'g all further proceedings
pursuant _ "'~e,_the'*1::;_ order' "\--a'1'1:--A.:]"V\3I1].n2007 passed in
PMA/BLN/:23/2OCi3,on the ,file_of the Joint Secretary & Arbitrator
Ministry of 7Hea\'/yeIniiiistries"--&V"'Public Enterprises, New Delhi, in
the interest ofjustice .&°eq11it3r._ 1' " 2
'I'hese cases coming on "for admission along with iVIisc.Civil
/O9Ǥthis'~day, Drfihakthavatsala, J, delivered the following:--
JUDGMENT
appeal filed under Section 37 of the Arbitration
“and Concilia_tion«:lAct, 1996 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) by
” ” 5i.”,tAi;.e”p1,ainiiii’ie:’A.s.Ne.s7/2007 on the file efvi Additional City Civil
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Judge, Bangalore city, dismissing the suit filed under Section 34 of
the Act.
2. The brief facts of the case leading to the fiiii}igt”ef”‘vthe
appeal may be stated as under:
The plaintiff, v:iz., the Commissioner; City C
Chintamani, Kolar District, filed an E-ectio.n”3?lf’of
the Act before the City Civil Court a.t’p”E3..angalore set’ V
aside the award dated 16.1.-1.20071.-“**Et’p_’is”‘the eae’e~ef..tiie plaintiff
that the City Municipal Cotfncil an agreement on
12.08.1993 with the .Res:__’3’ondeif1’t_:’1’~lo;.l lbiff construction of a
Shopping «according to the terms of the
agreement, the” was under an obligation to
cornpletepcthe co4n’st_tuction”‘offthe complex by 14.05.1995, but the
I-same not completedmeven within the extended period at an
estirnated ivol”Av..R’s..1.O7,88,O00/– and failed to hand over the
1 11″”-.v’»complex_rto thepiaintiff as per Clause 2.18 of the agreement and
said clanse does not provide for adjudication of the dispute by
After lapse of 7 years of the frustration of the contract,
. -Respondent No.1 sought for reference of dispute for arbitration
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