ORDER :

Common Prayer: Civil Revision Petitions are filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India, against the Order in I.A.Nos.292, 293, 294 and 295 of 2018 in Ar. O.P.No.72 of 2018 on the file of the Principal District Judge (Full Additional Charge/Additional District Judge), Thoothukudi dated 11.10.2018.

NLC India Limited and SICAL logistics Limited have a contractual arrangement with regard to transportation of coal. Disputes have arisen between them. Since the contract provides for resolving the dispute through arbitral process, the respondent herein has resorted to the same. In fact, the respondent has already nominated a former Judge of this Court as their Arbitrator. The respondent also filed Arbitration O.P.No.72 of 2018 under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) before the learned Principal District Judge, Tuticorin, on 04.10.2018. They also filed four interim applications in the said Arbitration O.P. Ex-parte interim orders were granted in all these four interim applications on 11.10.2018. They are challenged in these Civil Revision Petitions.

2. Shri. Isaac Mohanlal, the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the