Supreme Court of India

Food Corporation of India v. Sreekanth Transport

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 699
Bench V.N. Khare and Umesh C. Banerjee JJ.
Decided 14 May 1999

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Arbitration Act 1940: Section 20-Excepted clause-Government contract-Positive abandonment of the right of ddjudication of the excepted matter through its officer by dominus litus-Reference of the subject matter of excepted clause to arbitrator-Held : in normal circumsta.'1ces. Excepted clause 'is not dealt with-But in view of express abandonment of right such a course is correct. The respondent filed a suit under section 20 of the Arbitration Act. The Trial Court referred the three principal claims of the suit for arbitration but refused to refer the fourth claim, as the subject matter of the

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