IA No. 2934/2013 (for condonation of delay)

1. The objections under Section 34 have been filed by the petitioner against an award dated 25.07.2012. The award was apparently received by the parties on 31.07.2012. Section 34(3) of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) prescribes the period of limitation for filing the objections under an award and that limitation is 90 days. Proviso to Section 34(3) gives the power to the Court to extend the said period of limitation for another period of 30 days provided sufficient reasons for the delay has been explained. In the present case, the limitation for filing the objections started with effect from 01.08.2012 and expired on 31.10.2012, i.e., 90 days. The present petition was filed on 28.09.2012 and, therefore, it is apparent that the petition was filed within the prescribed period of limitation of 90 days.

2. After the petition was filed, several objections were raised by the Registry and the petitioner could remove those objections only by 14.02.2013 and, thereafter, the petition was presented before this Court.

3. Along with the petition under Section 34 of the Act, the petitioner has also m