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My Preferred Transformation & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. M/s Faridabad Implements Pvt. Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion, as the period of limitation prescribed for filing a petition under Section 34 of the A & C Act expired on a working day and not on a day on which the court was closed, the appellants were not entitled to file it on the re-opening of the court after the summer vacation and as such the petition so filed was patently barred by limitation.
Judgment, page 34
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the petition filed by the appellants u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as barred by time; whether the provisions of Limitation Act, 1963 apply to s.34 of the 1996 Act and to what extent; does s.4 of the 1963 Act apply to the 3-month limitation period or also to the 30-day condonable period in s.34(3); and will s.10 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 apply to s.34(3) and in what manner. Headnotes† Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.34 – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.4 – Limitation period –
Authorities it was built on
- 2001 Union of India v. M/s. Popular Construction Co.
- 2008 M/s Consolidated Engg. Enterprises v. Principal Secy. Irrigation Deptt. & Ors.
- 1995 Mukri Gopalan v. Cheppilat Puthanpurayil Aboobacker
- 1973 Hukumdev Narain Yadav v. Lalit Narain Mishra
- 2010 State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v. M/s. Himachal Techno Engineers & Anr.
- 1995 Manohar Joshi v. Nitin Bhaurao Patil and Anr.
- 2010 State of Maharashtra v. M/s. Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
- 2020 Sagufa Ahmed & Ors. v. Upper Assam Plywood Products Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2012 Assam Urban Water Supply & Sew. Board v. Subash Projects & Marketing Ltd.
- 1975 Mangu Ram v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi
- 2018 P. Radha Bai and Ors. v. P. Ashok Kumar and Anr.
- 2006 State of Goa v. M/s. Western Builders
- 2023 Bhimashankar Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamita v. Walchandnagar Industries Ltd. (wil)
- 2024 The State of West Bengal Represented through the Secretary & Ors. v. Rajpath Contractors and Engineers Ltd.
- 2009 Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise v. M/s. Hongo India (p) Ltd. & Anr.
- 2016 Commissioner, M.P. Housing Board and Others v. M/s. Mohanlal and Company
- 2021 Sridevi Datla v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1956 H. H. Raja Harinder Singh v. S. Karnail Singh
- 2019 Superintending Engineer/ Dehar Power House Circle Bhakra Beas Management Board (pw) Slapper & Another v. Excise and Taxation Officer, Sunder Nagar/ Assessing Authority
- 2008 Gulbarga University v. Mallikarjun S. Kodagali and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 M/s Sonali Power Equipments Pvt. Ltd. v. Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mumbai & Ors.
- 2025 Tata Steel Ltd. v. Raj Kumar Banerjee & Ors.
- 2025 M/s R. K. Transport Company v. M/s Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd. (balco)
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