Supreme Court of India

The New India Civil Erectors {p) Ltd. v. Oil and National Gas Corporation

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Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 86
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.
Decided 17 February 1997
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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the appeal is allowed in part, i.e., to the extent · of claim No. 4 (in a sum of Rs. 3,70,221.50).

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Arbitration Act-Powers of Arbitratol"-Setting aside award-Grounds of-Arbitrator-Exceeding jurisdictiolt-Held-Arbitrator a creature of an agreement and has to follow limits incorporated in agreement and he cannot interpret-An arbitrator to act within the four comers of the agreement. The appellant entered into a contract for construction of 304 pre· fabricated housing units for the Respondent. The contract could not be completed even within an extended period. The contract was terminated by the Respondent and the work was done through another agency. There were disputes between the Appellant

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Of those, 1 not applicable

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