Supreme Court of India

M/s. Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 146

Bench S.B. Sinha and Tarun Chatterjee JJ.

Decided 9 May 2006

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What the Court ordered

Held as under : (a) The Second part of clause 14 of the contract allowing a second arbitration is valid.

Judgment, page 54

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996--Sections 34. 35. 36, 48(1)(bF· Arbitration agreement providing that at first instance disputes to be settled by arbitration in Indian and if either party was in disagreement with the arbitration result therein they had right to appeal to a second arbitration in London, U.K. results of which were to be binding on both parties- Arbitrator in the Indian arbitration making a NIL award-.()n appeal to Arbitrator in London, award passed directing one of the parties to pay the other the amounts quantified therein--High Court rejecting execution of award--

Authorities it was built on

2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors. cited by 69
1959 Gherulal Parakh v. Mahadeodas Maiya and Others cited by 23
2005 State of Rajasthan and Ors. v. Basant Nahata cited by 19
2004 Balvant N. Viswamitra and Ors. v. Yadav Sadashiv Mule (d) through Lrs. and Ors. cited by 7
2004 Dharma Prathishthanam v. M/s. Madhok Construction Pvt. Ltd. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2014 Associate Builders v. Delhi Development Authority relied on
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2020 M/s. Centrotrade Minerals and Metals Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd. referred to
2016 M/s Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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