IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (Commercial Division)

ORIGINAL SIDE Present: Hon’ble Justice Shampa Sarkar APOT- 421 of 2024 With IA NO: GA-COM/1/2024 HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED VS RUKMANI DEVI BANGUR AND ORS.

For the appellant : Mr. Sabyasachi choudhury, Senior Adv.

Mr. Biswanath Chatterjee, Adv.

Mr. Sobhan Kumar Pathak, Adv.

For the respondents : Mr. Ranjan Bachawat, Senior Adv.

Mr. Sarosij Dasgupta, Adv. Ms. Ratnadipa Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Prasad, Adv.

Hearing concluded on: 06.02.2025 Judgment on: 13.03.2025 Shampa Sarkar, J.:-

1. This appeal arises out of an order dated November 7, 2024, passed by the learned Arbitrator in the arbitral proceedings between Rukmani Devi Bangur and others and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. The appellant before this court is the respondent in the arbitral proceedings. The respondents herein are the claimants.

2. The order impugned was passed by the learned Arbitrator, while disposing of two applications filed by each party under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, (hereinafter referred to as the said Act). The appellant is aggrieved by the direction to pay Rs.22,14,894/-, to the respondents, within four weeks