Supreme Court of India

General Electric Company v. Renusagar Power Company

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Reported as [1987] 3 S.C.R. 858
Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy J.
Decided 11 August 1987

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What the Court ordered

We hold that, in terms of that provision, it was made before the written state­ ment was filed and before any step in the proceeding was taken. - An argument which was presssed before us was that the conduct C of the defendant was such that he must be considered to hav.e abandoned his right to have the suit stayed under s. 3 of the Foreign Awards (Recognition & Enforcement) Act.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

The Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961- S. 3-Stay of Proceedings in a Court of law while arbitration proceed­ ings are in progress-The expression "before filing a written statement or taking any other step in the proceedings" should be construed in the light of the construction put upon that expression appearing in s. 34 of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940. Section 3 of the Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961, which is analogous to s. 34 of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940, provides that, if any party to an agreement to which Art. II of the convention

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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