{"id":325070,"date":"2024-06-25T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=325070"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:29:39","slug":"can-mandate-of-arbitral-tribunal-extended-us-29a-of-arbitration-act-after-expiry-of-mandate-dhc-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/25\/can-mandate-of-arbitral-tribunal-extended-us-29a-of-arbitration-act-after-expiry-of-mandate-dhc-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Can mandate of arbitral tribunal be extended u\/s 29A of the Arbitration Act, even after expiry of such mandate? Delhi HC answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Delhi High Court:<\/span> In an application filed by counter-claimant under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">29A<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbitration &amp; Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> (&#8216;Arbitration Act&#8217;) read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001523743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">151<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Civil Procedure, 1908<\/a>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Manoj Jain<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">J.<\/span>, held that the Court is empowered to extend the mandate, even after expiry of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Background<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The claim had been filed before the arbitral tribunal by SS Steel Fabricators &amp; Contractors, the claimant, however, such claim stood terminated on 10-05-2023. The respondent i.e. the counterclaimant herein, filed a counterclaim before the tribunal against which the claimant was proceeded against <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">ex parte<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">It was contended by the counterclaimant that the pleadings with respect to the counter claim were completed on 15-03-2023, and that the counterclaimant had pursued the matter before the tribunal with utmost diligence, without any intention of delaying the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">It was further submitted by the counterclaimant that due to the reason that the matter was proceed <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">ex parte<\/span> against the claimant, the counterclaimant had to bear all costs of the proceedings alone, which were otherwise to be shared with the claimant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">It was contended by the counterclaimant that witnesses had been examined, final arguments had also been concluded and that the award was likely going to be pronounced the very next day, hence, the counterclaimant has filed the instant application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">29A<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbitration Act<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001523743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">151<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPC<\/a> before the Court, praying for extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Decision and Analysis<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that there was nothing on record to indicate that any delay had been caused by the counterclaimant herein, but, on the contrary, delay in completion of the arbitration proceedings had been caused due to the abject non-cooperation by the claimant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court observed that there is an apparent delay, as the arbitration proceedings should have been completed within 12 months of the completion of pleadings in the counterclaim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt;\">The Court referred to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Power Mech Projects Ltd v. Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd., OMP (Misc.) 6 of 2024, decided on 07-05-2024<\/span>,<\/span><span class=\"annotation&nbsp;reference\"><span class=\"upcast-ANNOTATIONNUMBER\"><\/span><!-- Not available on the web edition. Have asked Nitish Sir to upload. Will link it once it is done. --><\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span> wherein it has been held that expression used in Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act was &#8220;prior to or after expiry of the period so specified&#8221;, therefore, the Court was empowered to extend the mandate even after expiry of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Considering the detailed submissions made by the counterclaimant in its application, the Court proceeded to extend the mandate of the arbitral tribunal till 30-06-2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">SS Steel Fabricators and Contractors v. Narsing Decor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Dp5kpU1B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine Del 4416<\/a>, order dated 19-06-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Advocates for the Applicant\/Counterclaimant:<\/span> Bhuvneshwar Tyagi, Shaiza Gyaspuri, Advocates<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Advocate for the Non-Applicant\/Claimant:<\/span> Anand Duggal, Advocate<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-191x300.png\" alt=\"arbitration and conciliation act, 1996\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-38x60.png 38w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, empowers Courts to extend mandate of arbitral tribunals beyond the specified limitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":314886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[35672,10131,27414,2543,35692,57279,63364],"class_list":["post-325070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-arbitral-tribunal","tag-arbitration-and-conciliation-act","tag-cpc","tag-Delhi_High_Court","tag-extension","tag-section-15","tag-section-29a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can mandate of arbitral tribunal extended u\/s 29A of Arbitration Act, after expiry of mandate? 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