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2020 Supreme(SC) 482

S. A. BOBDE, R. SUBHASH REDDY, A. S. BOPANNA
IN RE COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr.Adv.(AC)(Not Joined) Mr. KK Venugopal, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, AoR Mr. Parikshit Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Praveena Bisht, Adv. Ms. Vindhya Mehra, Adv. Ms. Madhur Jhavar, Adv. Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Adv. Mr. Rahul Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pant, Adv. Mr Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Ms. Upama Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. C.M. Lall, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gurvinder Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Miglani, Adv. Mr. Rahul Vidhani, Adv. Ms. Nancy Roy, Adv. Ms.Archana Sahadeva, AOR Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Pandit, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Kulvi, Adv. Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv. Ms. Sarrah Khambati, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr.Aadv. Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali, Adv. For M/s. Arputham Aruana & Co. Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh Adv Mr. Kshatrshal Raj Adv for M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv, Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR, Ms.Ishita Farsaiya, Adv. Ms. Prabhleen Kaur, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Rati Tandon, Adv Ms. Anannya Ghosh, AOR Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Akash Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. A. Lakshminarayanan, AOR Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Adv. Mr. Varun K Chopra, Adv. Mr. Akshat Gupta, Adv. Ms. Rajshree Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gurtejpal Singh, Adv. Mr. Ayush Luthra, Adv. Mr. Shivanshu Singh, Adv. Mohd. Shakei Naru, Adv. For M/s. VKC Law Offices, AOR Mr. Charanpal Singh Bagri, Adv. Mr. Anilendra Pandey, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. S. Thananjayan, AOR Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, AOR Mr. Sahil Mongia, Adv. Mr. Tushar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Yadav, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri, Adv. Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, Adv.

Judgement Key Points

To serve notice during the period of lockdown or exceptional circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the court has authorized alternative methods of service. Specifically, notices, summons, and pleadings/documents may be effected by electronic means such as e-mail, FAX, and instant messaging services like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal.

Furthermore, if service is effected through instant messaging services, it is required that the same document also be served via e-mail on the same date to ensure proper communication and documentation of service (!) .


ORDER :

1. Parties have prayed to this Court for extending the time where limitation is to expire during the period when there is a lockdown in view of COVID-19 or the time to perform a particular act is to expire during the lockdown.

I.A. No. 49221/2020-Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Taken on Board.

2. In Suo Moto Writ Petition (C) No. 3/2020, by our order dated 23.03.2020 and 06.05.2020, we ordered that all periods of limitation prescribed under the Arbiration and Conciliation Act, 1996 shall be extended w.e.f. 15.03.2020 till further orders.

3. Learned Attorney General has sought a minor modification in the aforesaid orders.

4. Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not prescribe a period of limitation but fixes a time to do certain acts, i.e. making an arbitral award within a prescribed time. We, accordingly, direct that the aforesaid orders shall also apply for extension of time limit for passing arbitral award under Section 29A of the said Act. Similarly, Section 23(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 provides for a time period of 6 months for the completion of the statement of claim and defence. We, accordingly, direc


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