The Court :- GA 1 of 2025 is an application for dismissal of AP-
COM 52 of 2025 and stay of the proceedings in AP-COM 52 of 2025, till
disposal of the application.
The petitioner filed AP-COM 52 of 2025, challenging an award
dated September 20, 2024, passed by the Micro and Small Enterprises
Facilitation Council, Konkan in Petition No. 49 of 2020.
The dispute arose with regard to payment for goods supplied by the
respondent to the petitioner. The dispute resolution clause was contained in
the Purchase Order dated 6th May, 2017, as amended on 10th January, 2018.
Parties agreed to settlement of dispute at the first stage by conciliation and in
case of failure of conciliation, by arbitration in accordance with the rules of
the SCOPE forum. The venue of the arbitration was to be mutually decided
by the parties. The contract between the parties would be governed by the
jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court.