Calcutta High Court
AP-COM/751/2026 of RAJAT MUKLANIA Vs NATIONAL JUTE MANUFACTURES CORPORATION LIMITED on 21 September 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/751/2026 RAJAT MUKLANIA VS NATIONAL JUTE MANUFACTURES CORPORATION LIMITED BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 21st September, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Gaurav Khaitan, Adv. Ms. Trinisha De, Adv. ..for the
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OCD-16 ORDER SHEET
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE
AP-COM/751/2026
RAJAT MUKLANIA VS NATIONAL JUTE MANUFACTURES CORPORATION LIMITED
BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 21st September, 2026.
Appearance: Mr. Gaurav Khaitan, Adv. Ms. Trinisha De, Adv. ..for the petitioner
Mr. Debabrata Das, Adv. Mr. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Tirthankar Nandi, Adv. ..for the respondent
The Court: Affidavit of service is taken on record. The petitioner has preferred the present petition under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for completion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 1st July, 2022 had appointed the Learned Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. She further states that this Court vide orders dated 28th January, 2025 and 22nd September, 2025 had extended the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for a period of six months and one year
2 respectively. She further states that the matter is at the stage of examination of the respondent’s witness. Learned Counsel for the respondent states that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of learned Counsel for the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole Arbitrator in conducting the proceedings. Having regard to the advanced stage of the arbitral proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the learned Arbitral Tribunal is extended for a further period of eight months from the date of communication of this order. The learned sole Arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to conclude the proceedings and publish the arbitral award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid directions, the present petition stands disposed of.
(GAURANG KANTH, J.)
bp.