2022 (4) TMI 1626

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....Justice Devan Ramachandran For the Petitioner : By Adv T. Rajasekharan Nair For the Respondents : Smt. Mable. C. Kurian. Sr. G.P. JUDGMENT The petitioner impugns Ext.P6 order of the Statutory Arbitrator under the provisions of the National Highways Act (NH Act), which has rejected his request for arbitration with respect to an Award solely on the ground that it has been filed beyond th....

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.... that he was not aware of the rigor of limitation. She submitted that, therefore, the Arbitrator could have done nothing more than to have rejected the application and to have issued Ext.P6 order. 4. When I consider the afore submissions, it is without doubt that one cannot find fault with Ext.P6, because the petitioner appears to have supported his application for condonation of delay merely s....

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.... 6. Resultantly and also because the petitioner has sought enhancement of compensation based on certain valid documents, I deem it appropriate to order this writ petition and to grant relief. In the conspectus of the afore, I order this writ petition and set aside Ext.P6; thus allowing the application filed by the petitioner for condonation of delay in preferring Ext.P3 Arbitration Request; wit....