Supreme Court of India

Shanmughasundaram and Ors. v. Diravia Nadar (d) by Lrs. and Anr.

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Reported as [2005] 2 S.C.R. 649
Bench D.M. Dharmadhikari and G.P. Mathur JJ.
Decided 11 March 2005

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid conclusion, this appeal fails and is dismissed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940-Section 30(c): Award found unenforceable and invalid on the date it is sought to be made a Rule of Court-Held: Cannot be upheld on possibilities and eventualities which might occur in future. Order of Civil Court setting aside arbitral award inter alia on ground of invalidity of the arbitration agreement upheld by High Court and attained finality-Held: Judgment of High Court operated as res judicata between the parties-Civil Court on a subsequent application could not have allowed revival of arbitration proceedings on the same arbitration agreement-Res judicata. Specific

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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