Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Regulations, 2009

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    "title": "Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Regulations, 2009",
    "short_title": "Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Regulations, 2009",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. Sec.-6/Niyam-03/20",
    "act_year": 2009,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Regulations, 2009",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act, 2008;\n(b) \"Reference\" means reference under section 9 of the Bihar Public Works contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act.\n(c) \"Registrar\" means the Registrar of the Bihar Public works contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal and includes Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar.\n(d) Words and Expressions used but not defined in these regulations but defined in Bihar Public Works contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act, 2008 (hereinafter called the 'Act') and the rules framed there under, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act and the Rules.",
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            "title": "3. Reference to Tribunal.",
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            "title": "4. Procedure on receipt of reference.",
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            "content": "5.\n6.\n7.\n(ii) Each bench will consist of Chairman and one member or any 2 (Two) members provided that in latter case one member will be from technical background and one member from administrative/judicial background.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Substituted service.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Discovery, inspection and admission of documents.",
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            "number": "17",
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            "title": "18. Summons how served.",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Summons given to a party for service.",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Production of witnesses without summons.",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance.",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Adjournments.",
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            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Hearing of the Case.",
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            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Final hearing.",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Party to appear before other witness.",
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            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Memorandum of evidence.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Sequence of evidence.",
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            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Power to order any point to be proved by affidavit.",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Power to order attendance of deponent for cross-examination.",
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Power to inspect.",
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Award.",
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            "number": "31A",
            "title": "31A. Costs.",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Commission, Issue of Commission.",
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Proceedings and Report to be evidence.",
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            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Continuance of Proceeding in certain circumstances.",
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            "content": "(ii) Where during the Course of the Proceeding, a change has taken place in the constitution of Tribunal by reason of any vacancy having been filled or by any reason, it shall not be necessary to commence the proceeding afresh and the proceedings may be continued from the stage, at which the change took place and it shall be lawful for the Tribunal to act on evidence, affidavits and other materials already placed before it, prior to change in constitution as a foresaid.",
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            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Striking out pleadings.",
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            "content": "(a) Which may be unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous or vexatious, or\n(b) Which may tend to prejudice, embarrass or delay the fair trial of the reference, or\n(c) Which is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Tribunal.",
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Rejection of petition.",
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            "content": "(a) Where it does not disclose a cause of action;\n(b) Where the relief claimed is undervalued, and the petitioner, on being required by the Tribunal to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed by the Tribunal fails, to do so:\n(c) Where the relief claimed is properly valued, but the reference is insufficiently stamped and the petitioner on being required to pay requisite court fee within a time to be fixed by the Tribunal, fails to do so.\n(d) Where the reference appears from the statement in the petition to be barred by any law.",
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            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Procedure on rejecting reference.",
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            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Withdrawal and adjustment of references.",
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            "content": "(a) That a reference must fail by reason of some formal defect, or\n(b) That if there are sufficient grounds for allowing the petitioner to institute a fresh reference for the subject matter of such reference or part of a claim, it may, on such terms as it, thinks fit, grant the petitioner permission to withdraw from such reference or such part of the claim with liberty to institute a fresh reference in respect of the subject matter of such reference or such part of the claim.\n(a) Abandons any reference or part of claim under sub-regulation (1);or\n(b) Withdraws from a reference or part of a claim without the permission referred to in sub regulation (2); he shall be liable for such costs as the Tribunal may award and shall be precluded from instituting any fresh reference in respect of such subject matter or such part of the claim.",
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        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Compromise of reference.",
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        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Powers and functions of the Registrar.",
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        {
            "number": "40A",
            "title": "40A. Additional powers and duties of Registrar.",
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            "content": "(i) To decide all questions arising out of the scrutiny of the petitions/applications before they are registered;\n(ii) To require any petition/application presented to the Tribunal to be amended in accordance with the Act and the rules before the case is fixed for hearing;\n(iii) To grant leave to inspect the records of the disposed of cases of Tribunal;\n(iv) To requisition records from the custody of any court or other authority;\n(v) To receive and dispose of applications by parties for return of documents in disposed of cases.",
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            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Constitution of Benches.",
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        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Seal.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Working hours.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Procedure in some other matters of the Tribunal.",
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        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Cause List.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [bh785]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. Sec.-6/Niyam-03/2008-13577 (S), dated 24.11.2009",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2009",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Regulations, 2009",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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