Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - ss. 34, 3 7 -
Respondent entered into an agreement with appellant in respect of
reconstruction project - According to appellant, respondent failed
to adhere to the time frame for completion of contract -
Consequently, appellant rescinded the contract - Then rejp01ideni
invoked arbitration clause, wherein the Arbitrator passed an mvard
holding that the rescindment order passed by the appellant was
illegal - Aggrieved appellant filed a petition for selling aside award
u/s.34 before the district court, which held petition not maintainable Appellant then challenged the award before High Court along with
application for condonation of delay - Single Judge allowed the
_ application for condonation of delay - Aggrieved respondent
preferred intra court Letters Patent Appeal - Division bench reversed
the order of Single Judge by invoking its jurisdiction under Letters
Patent appeal - On appeal, held: There is no scope of remedy of
Letters Patent appeal in relation to judgment of the Single Judge -
No appeal is provided against an order passed by the court of
competent jurisdiction condoning the delay in filing the petition
u/s.34 - Whether Single Judge had rightly exercised the discretion
or otherwise, could be assailed by the respondent before Supreme
Court by way of a special leave petition - But, not by way of Letters
Patent Appeal u/Cl. 15 - Jurisdiction - Letters Patent of High Court
at Calcutta - Cl.15.