Supreme Court of India

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir

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Reported as [1992] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 297
Bench S. Ranganathan J.
Decided 28 August 1992

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons discussed above we allow the appeals, set aside the orders of the learned Single Judge and Division Bench of the High Court and direct the passing of a decree in terms of the award.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: Sections 14, 29, 30 and 33-Award by Arbitrators-lnteiference with-When arise!l-Whether arbitrators competent to award· interest from the date of award till date of payment. Civil Procedure Code, 1908: Section 34-Award of interest Pendente lite-Applicability to proceed- ings before arbitrator. The appellant-company entered into a contract with the respondent­ State for the construction of a bridge. Certain disputes which arose between them were referred to arbitration, in pursuance of a clause there- for in the contract. There were eight items of claims by the

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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