Supreme Court of India

M/s Harcharan Dass Gupta v. Union of India

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Reported as [2025] 6 S.C.R. 422
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi JJ.
Decided 13 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we allow the present appeal and set aside the impugned order dated 22.04.2024 passed by the Karnataka High Court in Writ Petition No. 27269 of 2023 (GM-RES) and direct conduct and conclusion of arbitral proceedings.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration In a case covered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Development) Act, 2006, whether the High Court erred in holding that the Delhi Arbitration Centre lacked jurisdiction to conduct arbitral proceedings on the ground that the contract between the appellant- supplier (located in Delhi) and the respondent (based in Bengaluru) provided that the seat for arbitration shall be at Bengaluru. Headnotes† Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Development) Act, 2006 – s.18(4) – Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Overriding effect of MSMED Act over Arbitration Act

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