1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 44 OF 2008 Manharlal Narbheram Parekh. .... Petitioner. V/s. Mr. Vijayrajsinghji. .... Respondent. ....... Ms. M.V. Thakkar i/b. Ms. S.V. Thakkar and R.V. Thakkar for the Petitioner. Mr. Sanjay Kothari with Mr. Avinash Joshi i/b. Mulla & Mulla & CBC for the Respondant. ........ CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 31ST JANUARY 2008. P.C. :- By consent, the Petition is taken on Board at the stage of mentioning. Both the Counsel for the contesting parties are present before the Court. 2 Arbitral proceedings are pending before the learned Arbitrator. In the Arbitration Petition, the only relief that has been sought is the issuance of a Witness Summons/a request letter to the Income Tax Officer of ward 21 (2)(4) for the production of Income Tax Returns and a Balance Sheet alongwith the Annexures thereto of Virbhadrasinghji Krishnakumarsinghji Gohil (HUF) for the Assessment Years from 1998- 1999 to 2003-2004 on 13th February 2008 at 3.00 p.m. at Conference Hall, Mulla House, 1st floor, M.G. Road, Ford, Mumbai – 400 001, where the arbitral proceedings are to take place. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent does not oppose the issuance of the directions as prayed. The Arbitration Petition is accordingly made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). The Petitioner would be at liberty to serve a copy of this order directly on the concerned Income Tax Officer. ------