ARBN SATYANARAIN BISWANATH Vs. HARAKCHAND RUPCHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an application to declare void and set aside the Award of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. The dispute relates to a contract dated 30-11-1951, which contains the usual arbitration clause for reference of the disputes under the contract to the arbitration of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce under the rules of its Tribunal of Arbitration. The respondent referred the disputes relating to the contract to the arbitration of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. The relevant rules of the Tribunal of Arbitration are as follows:

(2.) ON 6-6-1952, the Registrar acting under Rule 5 constituted a Court consisting of Mr. J. I. Jamieson and Mr. I. D. C. Buist. ON the same day this Court entered on the reference. The time of this Court to make the award expired on 6-10-1952. Still correspondence between the parties and the Registrar of the Chamber under the directions of this' Court went on until July, 1953. Mr. Buist then proceeded on leave and the Registrar on 4-8-1953 appointed Mr. H.A. Luke in place of Mr. Buist under R. 10.

(3.) ON 8-10-53 the Court consisting of Mr. Jamieson and Mr. Luke made the award.