Multiple Adjournments Sought To Explain Laches: Allahabad HC Adjourns Case Subject To Deposit Of 2K Cost By NHAI Project Director

Recently, the Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost Rs. 2000 on the Project Director of National Highways Authority of India, payable from his salary account, for seeking multiple adjournments for explaining the laches in filing the appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.NHAI filed the arbitration appeal with a delay of 11 days. On earlier dates, when the case...