Supreme Court of India
Koch Navigation Inc. v. Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that law, justice and equity in the facts and the ·circumstances of this case, enjoin that the appellant should have such costs.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961: Enforcement of foreign award-Costs of referenc,,_Entitlement to- Whether permissible. The appellant company had chartered their vessel to the respon- dent for carrying oil from Arabian Gulf to India under a charter party. Disputes and differences arose between the parties and the matter was referred to a single arbitrator in London, as stipulated in the charter party. The arbitrator awarded a certain sum to be paid by the respon- dent to the appellant, with interest. The arbitrator further awarded to the appellant the cost~ of the
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