JUDGMENT

I.A. 1650/2022 (u/S 5 read with Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 read with Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for condonation of delay of 633 days for filing the accompanying petition)

1. The present application has been filed under Section 5 read with Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 read with Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred as the Act) for condonation of delay in filing/refiling of the petition under Section 34 of the Act.

2. It is submitted in the application that the petitioner had preferred the petition under Section 34 of the Act seeking setting aside of the Arbitral Award dated 14.03.1919 read with modified Award dated 16.04.2019, in respect of claim no. 13 and claim no. 17. The copy of the bona fide belief that petition under Section 34 of the Act is maintainable before the Hon'ble District Judge based on the value of the claims that it had challenged in the petition under Section 34, the petitioner filed the petition before the District Court on 22.07.2019 within the period of limitation. The matter remained pending before the Hon'ble District Judge for filing of the reply/o