2026:CGHC:10217 AFR Digitally HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR signed by RAHUL RAHULJHA JHA Date:

2026.02.27

13:29:57 Judgment reserved on 24/02/2026 +0530 Judgment delivered on 27/02/2026 ARBA No. 4 of 2023 D.K. Bhuiya S/o S.R. Bhuiya Aged About 54 Years R/o Flat No. 21, Kanchanapuram Apartment Ashish Nagar, Risali, Bhilai, Tehsil And District Durg. (Chhattisgarh)

Appellant(s)

Versus A. K. Sinha S/o M.P. Sinha Aged About 52 Years R/o Quarter No. 210/17, Ashish Nagar East, Risali, Bhilai, Tehsil And District Durg. (Chhattisgarh)

Respondent(s)

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For Appellant(s) : Ms. Sweksha Sharma, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Punit Ruparel, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , J

C A V Judgment

1. This Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (henceforth ‘the Act, 1996’) is directed against the order dated 05.11.2022 passed by the learned II Additional District Judge, Durg (C.G.) in M.J.C. Civil No. 17/2022, whereby the learned Court has rejected the application preferred by the appellant under Section 34 of the Act, 1996 on the ground of limitation by declining to condone the delay, and consequently affirmed the ar