Supreme Court of India
Chairman and M.D., N.T.P.C. Ltd. v. M/s Reshmi Constructions, Builders & Contractors
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that there is no infirmity in the impugned judgment.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Arbitration Act, 1940-Section 20-Rejection of final bill by the company submitted by contractor-Acceptance of final payment by the contractor and giving no-dues certificate under protest and without prejudice-Contractor invoking arbitration clause as per the contract-Company taking the plea that on acceptance of final payment, the contract comes to an end and hence contractor cannot invoke arbitration clause under the contract-Validity of Held, on facts, the arbitration clause in the contract subsists since the payment was accepted by contractor under protest and without prejudice.
Where later benches applied it
- 2011 M/s. Cauvery Coffee Traders, Mangalore v. M/s. Hornor Resources (intern.) Co. Ltd.
- 2019 Union of India v. Parmar Construction Company
- 2011 Union of India & Ors. v. M/s. Master Construction Co.
- 2024 Shabna Abdulla v. The Union of India & Ors.
- 2018 Ongc Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd. v. M/s Ans Constructions Ltd. & Anr.
- 2011 R.L. Kalathia & Co. v. State of Gujarat
- 2010 Reliance Natural Resources Ltd. v. Reliance Industries Ltd.
- 2009 M/s Asian Techs Ltd. v. Union of India & Others
- 2008 M/s. P. Manohar Reddy & Bros. v. Maharashtra Krishna Valley Dev. Corpn. & Ors.
- 2008 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s. Boghara Polyfab Pvt. Ltd.
- 2008 Tata Industries Ltd. & Anr. v. Grasim Industries Ltd.
- 2008 M/s. Associated Construction v. Pawanhans Helicopters Pvt Ltd
- 2006 M/s. Ambica Construction v. Union of India
- 2006 Mcdermott Interntional Inc. v. Burn Standard Co. Ltd. and Ors.
- 2005 Mahendra Baburao Mahadik and Ors. v. Subhash Krishna Kanitkar and Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 12 mentioned
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