HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW
JASPREET SINGH
Genebio Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., through Director, Arun Kumar Srivastava – Appellant
Versus
Paradigm Enterprises through Director Ritika Pandey – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
JASPREET SINGH, J.
Introduction
1. An award dated 27.09.2023 passed by the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Facilitation Council, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as the Facilitation Council) is in the legal vortex between the petitioner and the private respondent no.1. Both contesting parties are at logger heads. The present petitioner is at pains to get the said award executed whereas the private respondent no.1 is leaving no stone unturned in challenging the said award on all possible grounds.
2. In the aforesaid context, the petitioner filed petition No.3886 of 2024 assailing the orders dated 17.01.2024 and order dated 20.06.2024 passed by the Commercial Court No.2, Lucknow in Arbitration Case No.3 of 2024 whereby the preliminary objections raised by the petitioner have been turned down.
3. After the preliminary objections were turned down, the petitioner moved an application for releasing the amount deposited by the respondent no.1 which has been allowed vide order dated 27.09.2024 passed by the Commercial Court No.2, Lucknow in the aforesaid Arbitration Case No.3 of 2024 and being aggrieved, the private respondent no.1 herein, filed an independent petition assailing


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The limitation period for challenging an arbitral award under Section 34 starts from the disposal of a Section 33 application, not from the receipt of the award.
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