OMP No. 178/2008 S.P.S.Rana v. The Managing Director MTNL & Ors. Page 1 of 2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Reserve: 23.3.2009 Date of Order: 15th May, 2009 OMP No. 178/2008 % 15.5.2009 S.P.S.Rana ... Petitioner Through: Mr. J.P.Gupta, Advocate Versus The Managing Director MTNL & Ors. ... Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Sekri, Advocate JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the reporter or not? 3. Whether judgment should be reported in Digest? ORDER This petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed assailing an award published on 9th August, 2007 by the learned Arbitrator. The petition was filed on 12th March, 2008. The period for filing objections against the award is three months. Three months’ period expired on 9th November, 2007. The petition could have been filed along with an application for extension of time maximum by thirty days in terms of Section 34(3) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996, latest by 9th December, 2007. OMP No. 178/2008 S.P.S.Rana v. The Managing Director MTNL & Ors. Page 2 of 2 The petition is therefore barred under Section 34(3) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 having not been filed within the period prescribed and is liable to be dismissed on this ground. The petition is hereby dismissed. May 15, 2009 SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J. vn