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K samad vs Branch Manager Reliance Capital
K samad vs Branch Manager Reliance Capital
45 of 2019
DATED : 11.01.2022
CORAM:
1. K.Samad
2. S.Mehrunissa Samad .. Petitioners
Vs.
Civil Revision Petition is filed under Section 115 of Civil Procedure Code,
to set aside the order passed in I.A. No.13412 of 2018 in O.S. No.4307 of 2015
on the file of the I Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai, by allowing the above
revision petition.
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ORDER
This Civil Revision Petition is filed against the order passed by the I
Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai, in I.A. No.13412 of 2018 in O.S. No.4307
of 2015.
before the I Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai. The suit is for mandatory
particular loan transaction and to direct the defendant to declare the loan
account as nil balance and for other consequential relief. The respondent in the
refer the parties to arbitration proceedings and to dismiss the suit. The lower
Court allowed the application and dismissed the suit since application filed
the order allowing the application in I.A. No.13412 of 2018, the above Civil
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3. While allowing the application, the lower Court referred to the terms of
the agreement entered into between the parties which are binding. With regard
and therefore, the trial Court held that the suit is not maintainable. As per the
arbitration agreement any dispute arising under the agreement shall be resolved
and Conciliation Act. The only course available to the plaintiffs is to make the
claim before the Arbitrator as per the agreement. Though the petitioners
challenged the order on various grounds, the learned counsel for the petitioners
is unable to satisfy the Court as to the merits of the Civil Revision Petition.
Though several grounds were raised by describing the loan agreement as void, it
is seen that none of the points raised in the Civil Revision Petition were raised
before the lower Court. Learned counsel for the petitioners is unable to produce
sufficient materials or cite the authorities to sustain her plea to set aside the
4. Learned counsel for the respondent states that an award has been passed
by the Arbitrator in relation to the dispute and therefore, the prayer in this Civil
Revision Petition as become infructuous. From the order of the lower Court, it is
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not seen that the Court has referred the dispute to the Arbitrator. The lower
Court has only stated that it is open to the plaintiffs to seek appointment of
Arbitrator. Learned counsel for the revision petitioners stated that without
same will not bind the petitioner. She further requested this court to give liberty
to her to challenge the arbitration award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and
5. The Civil Revision Petition is pending for more than two years. Though
the Civil Revision Petition is devoid of any merits, this Court is of the view that
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Though it is stated that
the arbitral award was passed without issuing notice to the revision petitioners,
the petitioners cannot ignore the award. The only right available to the
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. However, this Court is
inclined to observe that the period during which the above Civil Revision
order of Court even though Civil Procedure Code is not strictly applicable to
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arbitral proceedings.
Conciliation Act. The period during which the petitioners were prosecuting the
petitioners to prove their case that no notice was served on the them by the
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Speaking order / Non-speaking order
Index: Yes / No
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To
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S.S.SUNDAR, J.,
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