JUPITAR CHIT FUND PVT LIMITED Vs. SHANTA MEHTA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) On 13-4-1972, the Munsif's Court in the City of Kanpur passed the following order in an application under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act:

(2.) The award which has been given by the arbitrator on 19-11-1973 records that the order of the court referring the disputes to him for arbitration was received by him on 28-8-1973. The minutes of the arbitration proceedings are also filed. The minutes also show that the order of reference was received by the arbitrator on 28-8-1973. Thereafter on 4-9-1973, the arbitrator issued notice for filing the pleadings. The minutes show that the written statement was filed on 8-11-1973. The further hearings which took place thereafter are also mentioned in the minutes. The award is dated 9-11- 1973. It was filed in the court on 19-12-1973. The award has been set aside on the ground that the award was not made within four months from the date of the Munsif's order making a reference to arbitration.

(3.) The reference, in the present case, was made under Section 20 of the arbitration Act. Section 20 (5) of the Act provides as follows: