Newsletter July Disputes

ARBITRATION

Case Name: Manash Kamal Bezboruah v. Bokahola Tea Company Private Limited and Others, (Arising Out of SLP (Civil) Nos. 7233-7234 of 2026)

Forum: Supreme Court

The dispute in the present case has its roots in a family partnership firm, M/s Boloma Tea Company, constituted in 1948, in which the Appellant held a 25% share under a partnership deed dated 16 November 1976. Clause 5 of the said deed contained an arbitration clause. Following the death of successive partners and alleged mismanagement and financial irregularities by the remaining partners and associated companies, the Appellant instituted a title suit in 2012 before the Civil Judge, Jorhat. An application under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“A&C Act”) seeking reference to arbitration was rejected by the Trial Court and thereafter affirmed in revision by the High Court, as several defendants, including Respondent Nos. 1 to 3, namely Bokahola Tea Company Pvt. Ltd., Kasojan Tea Company