Supreme Court of India
Union of India & Anr. v. L.K. Ahuja & Co.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that it will be entirely a wrong to mix-up the two aspects, namely,. whether there was any valid claim for reference under Section 20 of the Act and, secondly, whether the claim to be adjudicated by the arbitrator, was barred by lapse of time.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Arbitration Act, 1940-Whether application for appointment of Arbitrator under Section 20-0f-Is barred by limitation-Whether the trial Court is right in dismissing that application as such. 'f: c Four agreements were entered into between the respondent and the appellant Union of India through the Executive Engineer, Northern Railway, followed by a supplementary agreement. All the four con- tracts were executed and completed by the respondent on diverse dates. The respondent accepted four final bills and gave no-claim declaration in respect of the four contracts. Thereafter, the respondent
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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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