Supreme Court of India

Manalal Prabhudayal v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 666
Bench C.K. Thakker and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 18 August 2006

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeals filed by the appellant-firm deserve to be allowed and are accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Arbitration-Power of arbitrator to award interest--Arbitrator awarding interest (a) 12% per annum for pre-reference period, pendente lite and post award perioJ.--High Court reducing interest rate from 12% to 6% from dace of award till date of payment--Currectness of-Held: Arbitrator has power tu grant interest at all three stages viz. pre-reference period, pendente lite and post award period provided the rate is reasonable---Award ww made rule of the Court and was upheld by civil cuurt, thus direction of arb1tratur not arbitrary or unreasunable--Hence, order uf High Court set aside.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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