Supreme Court of India

Sudarsan Trading Co. v. Govt. of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [1989] 1 S.C.R. 665

Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and Ands. Ranganatiian JJ.

Decided 14 February 1989

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Arbitration Act, 1940: s. 30---Non-speaking award-Validity of Not open to court to probe the mental process of the arbitrator Reasonableness of the reasons-Arbitrator the sole judge of quality and quantity of evidence-Interpretation of contract by arbitrator-Court cannot substitute its own decision-Setting aside of award-Grounds for. The appellant-contractor undertook construction of certain time bound projects. The work, however, could not be completed within the scheduled time due to various reasons. The contract was consequently cancelled at appellant's risk. The disputes arising

Authorities it was built on

1963 Jivarajbhai Ujamshi Sheth and Others v. Chintamanrao Balaji and Others cited by 28

Where later benches applied it

2020 American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd. v. Mmtc Ltd. relied on
2017 Sutlej Construction v. Union Territory of Chandigarh relied on
2016 M/s Harish Chandra & Company v. State of U.P. Thr. Superintending Engineer relied on
2013 Antrix Corp. Ltd. v. Devas Multimedia P. Ltd. referred to
2012 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. v. M/s. Dewan Chand Ram Saran referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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