01.07.2025 Item No.2 Court No.01 S.Bag(AR(CR)

In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri CO/98/2023 MJB AGRI VENTURES PVT. LTD. AND ANR VS DARJEELING ORGANIC TEA ESTATES PVT. LTD. AND ORS Mr. Subham Ghosh, Adv.

Mr. Mayank Roy, Adv.

…for the petitioner This is an application under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Briefly, the disputes between the parties arise out of an agreement for sale of land dated

30 April, 2022.

Clause 22 of the said agreement is as follows:

“22. All disputes and differences that may arise between the Parties hereto with regard to any terms and conditions herein in this Agreement of Sale or in the interpretation thereof shall be referred to a sole arbitrator as mutually agreed upon by the parties and the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended from time to time. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Kolkata, and all proceedings of the arbitration shall be in the English language.”

The respondents remain unrepresented.

The matter has been pending since August, 2023 and has been repeatedly adjourned.

It is contended on behalf of the pe