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General Manager Northern Railways and Anr. v. Sarvesh Chopra

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 156
Bench R.C. Lahoti and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 1 March 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons we are of the opinion that the view of the c 'excepted matters' taken by the Division Bench of the High Court cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Arbitration: Arbitration Act, 1940-Section 20-Excepted matters-Criteria of- Reference of excepted matters to arbitration-Held, the function of reference of matters to arbitration by Court is not a mechanical administrative function but a judicial function-Jn house remedy for settlement of a matter is not a prerequisite for treating the matter to be an excepted matter-On facts, the claims are excepted matters and hence cannot be referred for arbitration- Contract Act, 1872-Sections 55 and 56. Respondent was granted a construction contract by appellant- >-- _ Railways. The contract is subject

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 5 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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