LIBERTY SHOES LTD. Vs. HARISH KUMAR GUPTA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SARVSHRI Harish Kumar Gupta and Satish Kumar Gupta, two partners of the firm - M/s. Liberty Enterprises, had filed civil suit No. 76 of 2003 in the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Divn.) Karnal, for declaration and permanent injunction, wherein some of the defendants/partners filed an application under Order 8 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') for referring the parties to arbitration as per arbitration clause No. 15 contained in the partnership deed dated January 29, 2002 which reads as under :-

(2.) THE application was allowed by the learned Civil Judge vide order dated 6th of October 2003 and accordingly the matter was directed to be referred to the Arbitrator to decide the dispute between the parties to the following effect :-

(3.) THE respondents in this revision petition filed a claim petition before the learned Arbitrator and impleaded the petitioner herein as respondent No. 11 in the said claim petition.