OCD-11 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/725/2026 TM International Logistics Limited VS UNION OF INDIA BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 21st September, 2026. Appearance: Mr. S.N. Mookherjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naman Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Viraj Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jaydeb Ghorai, adv. Mr. Saugata Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Diptesh Ghorai, Adv. …for the petitioner Mr. Siddhartha Lahiri, Adv. Mr. Sourav Sengupta, Adv. Mr. Debraj Dutta, Adv. Mr. Subhamoy Bhattacharjee, Adv. …for the respondent The Court: The petitioner has preferred the present petition under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for completion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 17.12.2024 had appointed the learned sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed on 12.04.2025. Learned Counsel for the petitioner further states that the 2 parties by mutual consent had extended the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for a period of six months from 12.04.2026. He further submits that the mandate is expiring on 12.10.2026. Learned Counsel for the respondent states that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of both the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole Arbitrator in conducting the proceedings. Having regard to the advanced stage of the proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the learned sole Arbitrator is extended further for a period of six months from the date of communication of this order. The learned sole Arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to conclude the arbitral proceedings and publish the arbitral award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid observations, the present petition stands disposed of. (GAURANG KANTH, J.) R.Bhar