H.MAHAPATRA
Prasad Gope – Appellant
Versus
Makhan Gope – Respondent
H.Mahapatra, J.
1. Plaintiff is the appellant. He initiated a proceeding under Sec.14 (2) of the Arbitration Act, 1940 , on the 14th March, 1959. In pursuance of an order passed by the Court, the award was filed on the 22nd April, 1959. The defendants-respondents appeared and filed a written statement on the 8th June, 1959, in which they had made several allegations against the plaintiff and the award. One of the contentions raised there was that there was no reference to arbitration and the two documents showing arbitration agreement had been fabricated by the plaintiff. Ultimately the court passed judgment on the 28th February, 1962 against the appellant holding that there had been no reference to arbitration and the two documents (Exs. 5 and 5/a) had not been executed for that purpose by the defendants.
There was an appeal against that by the present appellant in title appeal no. 63/15 of 1962/63 in which the judgment of the court below was set aside and the case was remanded for fresh disposal. This time the learned Munsif passed a judgment in favour of the appellant and drew up a decree in accordance with the award on the 26th February, 1966, Against that the defendant
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