1 arbpl60-11 vai IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION (LODGING) NO.60 OF 2011 Aditya Birla Finance Limited ....Petitioner V/s. Kalpeshbhai Padhya ....Respondent Mr.Rahul Mehta with Mr.Nikhil Mehta i/b KMC Legal Venture for the Petitioner. None for the Respondent. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 25TH APRIL, 2011. P.C. :- 1. This is a petition under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. 2. Under a loan agreement dated 23.7.2010, the petitioner had advanced the respondent an amount of Rs.5.00 crores. One of the documents relied upon by the respondent was the alleged letter issued by the Chartered Accountant stating his net worth to be Rs.6.33 crores. It appears that the Chartered Accountant has filed a complaint alleging that the certificate is forged. 3. The respondent is absent though served. There is no affidavit in reply. The respondent remained absent before the arbitrator. An award has been made and published on 7.4.2011. A sum of over Rs.4.00 crores has been awarded against the respondent and in favour of the petitioner. 2 arbpl60-11 4. In the circumstances, the petition is made absolute in terms of prayers (c) and (d). Liberty to the petitioner to apply for further interim reliefs. Prayer (c) shall be complied with within two weeks from the copy of this order being served upon the respondent. 5. The arbitration petition is accordingly disposed of.