Supreme Court of India

Hind Builders Etc. v. Union of India and Vice-versa

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 638
Bench S. Ranganathan J.
Decided 24 April 1990

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What the Court ordered

In the result C.A. 1280/88 is allowed and C.A. 1281/88 is allowed in part.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Arbitration: ward-Error on the face of the award-Clause in the contract open to two equally plausible interpretations-Legitimate for Arbitrators to accept one or the other of the available interpretations and even if the court may think that the other view is preferrable, the court will not and should not interfere. Award-Error on the face of award-Annexure setting out the award as against various items of claim-Mere fact that statement of claim refers to various items in the schedule to the contract does not result in the contract itself being incorporated in the award-No error can be found

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