Supreme Court of India

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 117
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 12 October 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we do not find any infirmity in the view taken by the High Court that Charter Party dated 6th May, 1997 had not come to an end by efflux of time and it got extended by the conduct of the parties, warranting interference.

Judgment, page 15

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Arbitration-Arbitration agreement-Applicability-Time Charter Party agreement-For letting on hire vessels-To Oil Corporation-Disputes arose between parties-After expiry of the c agreement-Reference of dispute to Arbitral Tribunal-Tribunal refused to adjudicate on the ground that the arbitration clause could not be invoked after expity of the agreement-:-High Court set aside the award of the Tribunal-On appeal, held: Arbitration clause contained in the agreement could be invoked even after expiry of the p agreement-Notwithstanding the expiry of the time fixed for the ; agreement, the same did

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