STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. versus M/S B.B.M. ENTERPRISES

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Whether a notice seeking commencement of arbitration, issued on 02.06.2022, could set in motion the process of resolution of a dispute regarding a work completed as early as on 30.07.2000. Headnotes† Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.42, 43 – 18 – Work completed in the year 2000 – Notice seeking commencement of arbitration issued after 21 years in 2022 – By way of the impugned judgment, Arbitrator appointed by High Court – Sustainability: Held: Unsustainable – Arbitration though is an alternate dispute