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Parties should not be permitted to seek extension of time under Section 29-A (4) of the Act merely by ‘consent’ and the extension of time ought to be granted only for ‘sufficient cause.’
A single judge has expressed disagreement with a 2023 opinion by another single judge who said that Allahabad High Court cannot entertain such applications since it does not have "ordinary original civil jurisdiction."
No purpose would be served in holding that an application for extension of the arbitrator's mandate cannot be entertained only because it was filed after the expiry of the mandate, the Court opined.