Supreme Court of India
M/s. Durga Ram Prasad v. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
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Accordingly, we are E of the view that the contractor is not entitled to payment of interest in terms of clause 69 of MDSS for the period anterior to the reference for arbitration until the frnal settlement of the amount due to the contractor of his account is determined.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Arbitration Act, 1940-Contract to execute work-Amount due to contractor withheld-Claim of State that work not executed as per contract-Arbitration-Entitlement of interest on amounts withheld by State-Held: Party not entitled to interest. c The appellant had entered into a contract to construct foodgrains godown. In execution thereof, a dispute had arisen whether the appellant had executed the work as per the contract and was entitled to certain sums of money withheld by the engineer and also to the interest payable thereon. The dispute had been referred to the Arbitrator, who in his Award
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