Legal & Judicial Updates (October 2024)

NOTABLE JUDGEMENTS OCTOBER 2024

ARBITRATION LAW

I. Case Title: Central Warehousing Corporation. v. Sidhartha Tiles & Sanitary (P) Ltd.

Citation: 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2983

Court: Supreme Court

Decided on: 21.10.2024

Brief facts:

The case involved a dispute between Central Warehousing Corporation (Appellant) and Sidhartha Tiles & Sanitary Pvt. Ltd. (Respondent) over storage space. The appellant, a statutory body, leased warehouse space to the respondent. During the lease, which was from 2012 to 2015, the appellant revised storage charges, which the respondent disputed. After the lease expired, the respondent did not vacate immediately, leading the appellant to invoke the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 ("Public Premises Act"). The respondent subsequently vacated, but the appellant continued with proceedings under the Public Premises Act. The respondent, citing an arbitration clause in the lease, sought arbitration under