Supreme Court of India

Executive Engineer Irrigation Galimala & Ors. v. Abaaduta Jena

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 253

Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy, M.H. Kania and K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ.

Decided 22 September 1987

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From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: Sections 14, 15, 30 and 33-Arbitra tor-Competency of-To award interest on reference made without intervention of Court-Court whether entitled to go behind the award and decide whether award of interest justifiable. Interest Act 1839/lnterest Act 1978. Civil Procedure Code 1908, Section 34. Award of pendente lite interest by arbitrator. In the appeals by Special Leave to this Court the question for consideration was: whether an arbitrator to whom a reference was made without the intervention of the Court could award interest during the period prior to the reference and

Authorities it was built on

1955 Seth Thawardas Pherumal v. The Union of India cited by 29
1966 Firm Madanlal Roshanlal Mahajan v. Hukumchand Mills Ltd., Indore cited by 16
1959 Ct. A. Ct. Nachiappa Chettiar and Others v. Ct. A. Ct. Subramaniam Chettiar cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2011 M/s. Msk Projects (i) (jv) Ltd v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. relied on
2018 Reliance Cellulose Products Ltd. v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. referred to
2012 Tehri Hydro Dev. Corpn. Ltd.& Anr. v. Jai Prakash Asso. Ltd. referred to
1992 State of Orissa v. B.N. Agarwala mentioned
1992 Jugal Kishore Prabhatilal Sharma and Ors. v. Vijayendra Prabhatilal Sharma and Anr. mentioned
1991 Secretary, Irrigation Department, Government of Orissa and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. G. C. Roy Etc. Etc. mentioned
1987 Food Corporation of India v. Surendra, Devendra & Mohendra Transport Co. mentioned
1987 State of Orissa and Others v. Construction India mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 5 mentioned

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