IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Arbitration Case No. 48 of 2009 Date of Decision: 9.2.2010 Jasbir Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus Dalbir Singh and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKUL MUDGAL, CHIEF JUSTICE 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present :- Mr. Piyush Kant Jain, Advocate and Mr. Sanjiv Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Naresh Kumar Parbhakar, Advocate for the respondents. *** MUKUL MUDGAL, C.J. (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short ' the Act), for appointment of a sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes between the parties. 2. Clause 11 of the partnership deed contains the Arbitration Clause which reads as under:- “ That all the matters of difference relating to the partnership shall be referred to the Arbitration and shall be governed by the provisions of the Indian Arbitration Act.” Arbitration Case No. 48 of 2009 [2] 3. After arguing the matter at considerable length and taking into account the clear existence of arbitration clause No.11 of the agreement dated 20.11.1997 between the parties, both the counsel for the parties agreed that an Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes between the parties be appointed by this Court. 4. Accordingly, this petition is allowed and Shri R.N.Singhal, District & Sessions Judge (Retd.) is appointed as a sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes between the parties. In the meanwhile, the parties will exchange the statements of claim and response thereof. The statement of claim be supplied to counsel for the respondents within four weeks and response to the statement of claim shall be supplied to the counsel for the petitioner within four weeks thereafter. The parties shall appear before the Arbitrator on 12.5.2010 at 4.00 P.M. or on an agreed date convenient to the parties but not later than a fortnight from the date of exchange of pleadings as directed aforesaid. The Arbitrator shall make an endaveour to dispose of the reference not later than six months from the date of first appearance of the parties. The fee of the Arbitrator is fixed Rs. 50,000/- ( Rs. Fifty thousand only ) which shall be borne in equal proportion by the parties. (MUKUL MUDGAL) CHIEF JUSTICE 09.02.2010 'ravinder'