Supreme Court of India

Vishwanath Sood v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [1989] 1 S.C.R. 288
Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and S. Ranganathan JJ.
Decided 24 January 1989

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the amount of compensation of Rs.20,000 awarded by the arbitrator in favour of the Government will stand deleted.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: Section $, 14, 17, 30, 31 and '13-Arbi­ tration agreement-Clause providing penalty as compensation to Department for default on part of contractor in adhering to time schedule-Compensation to be determined by Superintending Engi­ neering and none else-Award of compensation-Whether liable to be questioned before Arbitrator. The appellant undertook the construction of a Farmers' Com­ munity Centre Building hy an agreement entered into with the Union of India and the State ofHimachal Pradesh, the respondents in the appeal. The agreement dated June 20, 1968 provided, by

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