Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. M/s. Sohan Lal Puglia

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 832
Bench V.N. Khare, S.B. Sinha and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 19 November 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the learned District Judge ought to have directed the parties to appoint Arbitrators in tenns of F the Arbitration agreement.

Judgment, page 2

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: S.20(4)-Contract-Arbitration clause of the agreement providing for parties to appoint Gazetted Officers as arbitrators-Contractor invoking arbitration clause of the agreement-Department not appointing any arbitrator-Contractor filing an application uls.20 before District Judge, who appointed two retired District Judges as arbitrators-Department contending that when it did not refuse to appoint arbitrator, application ul s.20 was not maintainable-Held, District Judge ought to have directed the parties to appoint arbitrators in terms of arbitration agreement-Parties

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