{"id":45432,"date":"2011-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shivam-housing-pvt-ltd-amp-ors-vs-thakur-mithilesh-kumar-singh-on-25-february-2011"},"modified":"2017-12-10T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T11:24:53","slug":"shivam-housing-pvt-ltd-amp-ors-vs-thakur-mithilesh-kumar-singh-on-25-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shivam-housing-pvt-ltd-amp-ors-vs-thakur-mithilesh-kumar-singh-on-25-february-2011","title":{"rendered":"Shivam Housing Pvt.Ltd &Amp; Ors vs Thakur Mithilesh Kumar Singh on 25 February, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Patna High Court – Orders<\/div>\n
Shivam Housing Pvt.Ltd &Amp; Ors vs Thakur Mithilesh Kumar Singh on 25 February, 2011<\/div>\n
           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                        MA No.187 of 2007\n\n                      SHIVAM HOUSING PVT.LTD & ANR.\n                                  Versus\n                   THAKUR MITHILESH KUMAR SINGH & ANR.\n                                -----------\n                                    ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
20.   25.02.2011                I have already heard Mr. Pushkar Narain Shahi,<\/p>\n
                      the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants<\/p>\n
                      and Mr. S.K.Verma, the learned senior counsel appearing<\/p>\n
                      on behalf of the respondents.\n<\/p>\n
                                (2) This Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed<\/p>\n
                      under Section 37(i) (b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation<\/p>\n
                      Act, 1996 against the order dated 21.04.2007 passed by<\/p>\n
                      the learned Sub Judge I, Patna City in Miscellaneous<\/p>\n
                      Application   No.3   of   2007   whereby   the   Sub   Judge<\/p>\n
                      dismissed the Miscellaneous Application filed by the<\/p>\n
                      appellants under Section 34 of the Arbitration and<\/p>\n
                      Conciliation Act, 1996.\n<\/p>\n
                                (3) It appears that the respondents filed<\/p>\n
                      request case no.36 of 2005 before this Court for<\/p>\n
                      appointment of Arbitrator and by terms of order dated<\/p>\n
                      03.07.2006, Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.P.Sharma(retired) was<\/p>\n
                      appointed Arbitrator to adjudicate the dispute between<\/p>\n
                      the parties arising out of development agreement in<\/p>\n
                      question. Since Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.P.Sharma declined<\/p>\n
                      to proceed with the arbitration, this Court by order dated<\/p>\n
                      08.09.2006      appointed        Hon’ble    Mr.        Justice
\n                   2<\/span><\/p>\n
R.N.Prasad(retired)   as   Arbitrator    to    adjudicate   the<\/p>\n
dispute between he parties.       The Arbitrator vide his<\/p>\n
award   dated   05.02.2007    held      that   the   claimants-<\/p>\n
respondents are entitled to Rs.49,32,000 from the<\/p>\n
appellants. The appellants then filed an application under<\/p>\n
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,<\/p>\n
1996(Annexure-1 to this memo of appeal) before the<\/p>\n
Court of Sub Judge I, Patna City on 16.04.2007 for<\/p>\n
setting aside the award.\n<\/p>\n
          (4) By impugned order dated 21.04.2007, the<\/p>\n
learned Sub Judge held that this application under<\/p>\n
Section 34 has been filed after lapse of prescribed time<\/p>\n
and no condonation petition has been filed on behalf of<\/p>\n
the petitioner and also held that the Sub Judge has got<\/p>\n
no power to set aside the order dated 05.02.2007 passed<\/p>\n
by Ex-Justice, Mr. R.N. Prasad in Arbitration Case No.2 of<\/p>\n
2006 and accordingly, the Miscellaneous Case No.3 of<\/p>\n
2007 was dismissed at the admission stage itself.<\/p>\n
          (5) The learned counsel for the appellants<\/p>\n
submitted that according to Section 34 (iii) of the<\/p>\n
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, an application for<\/p>\n
setting aside award can be filed within three months from<\/p>\n
the date of the award and admittedly, in this case, the<\/p>\n
award is dated 05.02.2007 and the application under<\/p>\n
Section 34 was filed on 16.04.2007 which is within three<\/p>\n
months. The learned counsel further submitted that the
\n                     3<\/span><\/p>\n
learned Court below has wrongly held that Sub Judge has<\/p>\n
got no power to set aside the award as it has been<\/p>\n
passed by Ex-Justice. According to the learned counsel in<\/p>\n
view of the provisions of Section 34 read with Section<\/p>\n
2(i)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the<\/p>\n
application is required to be filed before the Court as<\/p>\n
defined under Section 2(i)(e) of the said Act and the said<\/p>\n
Court has the jurisdiction to entertain an application and<\/p>\n
it could only be the Principal Civil Court of original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction which could entertain such an application as<\/p>\n
contemplated under Section 2(i)(e) of the Act.             The<\/p>\n
learned counsel in support of his contention relied upon a<\/p>\n
decision reported in 2000 Volume 4, P.L.J.R. 814.<\/p>\n
           (6) On the other hand, the learned counsel for<\/p>\n
the respondents submitted that Subordinate Judge of a<\/p>\n
District is not the Principal Civil Court of original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction to entertain an application under Section 34<\/p>\n
of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The learned<\/p>\n
counsel submitted that only District Judge can be termed<\/p>\n
as Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a District.<\/p>\n
According to Section 18 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam<\/p>\n
Civil Court Act, 1887, the jurisdiction of District Judge<\/p>\n
extends to all original suits for the time being cognizable<\/p>\n
by Civil Courts.    The learned counsel further submitted<\/p>\n
that this Court in the case of Executive Engineer vs. Ms.<\/p>\n
R.L.Singh reported in 1997, Volume 1, P.L.J.R. 523 has
\n                      4<\/span><\/p>\n
not considered Section 18 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam<\/p>\n
Civil Court Act, 1887 and held that Subordinate Judge is<\/p>\n
a Civil Court of original jurisdiction and therefore,<\/p>\n
application under Section 8 of the Act was maintainable.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, the said decision has been followed again<\/p>\n
in 2000, Volume 4, P.L.J.R. 814(Md. Sadique vs. State of<\/p>\n
Bihar) and while following the said decision, it has been<\/p>\n
observed that as per Civil Court Act, 1887, the District<\/p>\n
Judge or the Additional District Judge have got no original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction and the sole power has been given to the<\/p>\n
Subordinate Judge under the Act which is contrary to the<\/p>\n
provision of law.\n<\/p>\n
          (7)      The learned counsel for the respondents<\/p>\n
conceded that the application under Section 34 was filed<\/p>\n
within time. Therefore, so far that point is concerned, no<\/p>\n
dispute is raised by the respondents.      The only dispute<\/p>\n
raised is that Subordinate Judge is not a Court as defined<\/p>\n
under Section 2(i)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation<\/p>\n
Act, 1996. In such circumstances, the question arises for<\/p>\n
consideration is as to “whether the application under<\/p>\n
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act is<\/p>\n
maintainable before the Subordinate Judge or before the<\/p>\n
District Judge.”\n<\/p>\n
          (8)      Section 2(i) (e) defines the term “Court”<\/p>\n
as follows:\n<\/p>\n
              (e) “Court” means the principal civil
\n              court of original jurisdiction in a
\n              district, and includes the High Court in
\n                      5<\/span><\/p>\n
           exercise of its ordinary original civil
\n           jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to
\n           decide the questions forming the
\n           subject-matter of the arbitration if the
\n           same had been the subject-matter of
\n           a suit, but does not include any civil
\n           court of a grade inferior to such
\n           principal civil court, or any court of
\n           small causes;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           (9) Therefore, according to the definition, it<\/p>\n
does not include any Civil Court of a grade inferior to<\/p>\n
such Principal Civil Court or any Court of small causes.<\/p>\n
So far the word “Principal” is concerned, according to<\/p>\n
Black’s Law Dictionary, it means chief, leading, most<\/p>\n
important or considerable, primary, original, highest in<\/p>\n
rank,   authority,       character,   importance   or   degree.<\/p>\n
Likewise, in Law Lexicon the word “Principal” is described<\/p>\n
to mean highest in rank, authority, character, importance<\/p>\n
or degree, most considerable or important, chief, main.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the word “Principal” clearly indicates only one<\/p>\n
Court being the highest in rank or chief.<\/p>\n
          (10)       Section 18 of the Bengal, Agra and<\/p>\n
Assam Civil Court Act reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n
          “18. Extent of original jurisdiction of
\n          District or Subordinate Judge- Save
\n          as   otherwise    provided     by  any
\n          enactment for the time being in force,
\n          the jurisdiction of a District Judge or
\n          Subordinate Judge extends, subject
\n          to the provisions of Section 15 of the
\n          Code of Civil Procedure, (1908) to all
\n          original suits for the time being
\n          cognizable by Civil Courts.”\n<\/p>\n
          (11)   In view of the above provision, the<\/p>\n
jurisdiction of District Judge extends to all original suits<\/p>\n
for the time being cognizable by Civil Court but the suits
\n                      6<\/span><\/p>\n
are filed before the Sub Judge because according to<\/p>\n
Section 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure every suit shall<\/p>\n
be instituted in the Court of the lowest grade competent<\/p>\n
to try it. Only because the suits are instituted before Sub<\/p>\n
Judge, it cannot be said that the District Judge has no<\/p>\n
original jurisdiction to try the suit. Further Court of Sub<\/p>\n
Judge is inferior in grade than that of District Judge so<\/p>\n
the Court of Sub Judge cannot be the Principal Civil Court<\/p>\n
in a District.\n<\/p>\n
           (12) Section 3(17) of the General Clauses Act<\/p>\n
defines “District Judge” as the Judge of a Principal Civil<\/p>\n
Court of original jurisdiction but shall not include a High<\/p>\n
Court in the exercise of its ordinary or extra ordinary<\/p>\n
original Civil jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
           (13) In the case of Executive Engineer vs. Ms.<\/p>\n
R.L.Singh, a Bench of this Court while considering the<\/p>\n
definition of the term “Court” as provided under Section 2<\/p>\n
(i) (e) of the 1996 Act at paragraph 6 has observed that<\/p>\n
“it can mean only Court having Civil jurisdiction over the<\/p>\n
subject matter of reference.   Of course, the expression<\/p>\n
“Civil Court” as used in this Section does not include the<\/p>\n
Revenue Court. Under the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil<\/p>\n
Court, 1887, the Court of Subordinate Judge is a Civil<\/p>\n
Court having original jurisdiction.” With this observation,<\/p>\n
it was held that application under Section 8 of the 1996<\/p>\n
Act was maintainable before the Sub Judge.            This
\n                           7<\/span><\/p>\n
decision has been followed in the case of Md. Sadique vs.<\/p>\n
State of Bihar(supra) and at paragraph 4, it was<\/p>\n
observed that as per Civil Court Act, 1887, the District<\/p>\n
Judge or Additional District Judge have got no original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction for deciding a suit and also observed that the<\/p>\n
sole power has been given to the Sub Judge under the<\/p>\n
Act and in that way, it was held that the Sub Judge<\/p>\n
should be construed as the Principal Civil Court in a<\/p>\n
District for the purpose of entertaining a suit of original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction        and       not    the      District        Judge.        These<\/p>\n
observations appear to be contrary to Section 18 of the<\/p>\n
Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Court Act, 1887.                               These<\/p>\n
decisions      of    single         Benches     have          been     followed<\/p>\n
subsequently in other decisions by this Court which are<\/p>\n
also of single Bench. It may be mentioned here that in<\/p>\n
the case of Executive Engineer (supra), this Court was<\/p>\n
considering the case under Section 8 of the 1996 Act. So<\/p>\n
far Section 8 of the Act of 1996 is concerned, this<\/p>\n
provision confers power on judicial authority to refer the<\/p>\n
parties   to    arbitration         where     there      is    a     arbitration<\/p>\n
agreement.          Therefore, all authorities which can be<\/p>\n
described as judicial authorities in the sense that they<\/p>\n
administer justice have got jurisdiction to refer the<\/p>\n
dispute     and     in    that      context    it   can       be     held    that<\/p>\n
Subordinate Judge can be described as judicial authority.<\/p>\n
So far Section 34 is concerned, it specially refer to Court
\n                     8<\/span><\/p>\n
which has been defined under Section 2(i)(e) of 1996<\/p>\n
Act.\n<\/p>\n
           (14)     In the definition as provided under<\/p>\n
Section 2(i)(e) of 1996 Act, the words “means” and<\/p>\n
“includes” and the expression “does not include”, have<\/p>\n
been used. According to the word “means” indicates that<\/p>\n
definition is a hard and fast definition and no other<\/p>\n
meaning can be assigned to the expression.            The word<\/p>\n
“includes” is a term of enlargement. The expression does<\/p>\n
not include any Civil Courts of a grade inferior to said<\/p>\n
Principal Civil Court or any Court of small causes<\/p>\n
occurring in Section 2(i)(e) further restricts the meaning<\/p>\n
of the term “Court” defined therein.       It clearly excludes<\/p>\n
the Courts inferior to the Principal Court of original<\/p>\n
jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
           (15)     In view of the above position, the<\/p>\n
decisions of this Court referred to above in the case of<\/p>\n
Executive Engineer and also in the case of Md. Sadique<\/p>\n
and other Single Bench decisions subsequent to the<\/p>\n
above i.e. 2001(2) P.L.J.R. 530(Bhopal Singh and others<\/p>\n
vs.    Nagendra   Narain    Singh)   and    2000(4)    P.L.J.R.<\/p>\n
843(Thakur Prasad Singh vs. The State of Bihar & Anr.)<\/p>\n
requires re-consideration by a larger Bench for deciding<\/p>\n
the question as to “whether it is the Subordinate Judge or<\/p>\n
the District Judge which should be construed as being the<\/p>\n
Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district for
\n                             9<\/span><\/p>\n
          the purpose of a petition under Section 34 of the<\/p>\n
          Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996?”<\/p>\n
                    (16)   No decision of the Hon’ble Apex Court<\/p>\n
          deciding the aforesaid question is brought to the notice of<\/p>\n
          this Court. However, the other High Courts have decided<\/p>\n
          the questions and have taken contrary view than that of<\/p>\n
          this Court.\n<\/p>\n
                    (17)   The office may place this matter before<\/p>\n
          the Hon’ble the Chief Justice for constitution of a larger<\/p>\n
          Bench to decide the above question.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                  ( Mungeshwar Sahoo, J.)
\nSaurabh\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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