(1.) As per previous direction, the appeal itself is taken up for hearing along with the application.
(2.) The present appeal has been preferred by the plaintiff in a suit for specific performance of contract.
(3.) By the impugned judgment and decree, the learned trial Judge, simultaneously allowed an application of the respondent/defendant under Sec. 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short "1996 Act") and dismissed the suit itself.