Supreme Court of India

M/s. Engineers Syndicate v. State of Bihar and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 1 S.C.R. 1080
Bench Dr.Ar. Lakshmanan and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 17 January 2007

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the award passed by the arbitrator dt.04.07 .1988 is restored and the appellant will be entitled to the amount awarded by the said award.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940-Section JO-Non-speaking award­ Interference by court-Scope of-Held: Award without giving reasons cannot be remitted or set aside by court being unreasoned in absence of any stipulation to the contrary in arbitration agreement or deed of submission-Where no reasons are given by the arbitrator for arriving at the conclusion, court cannot speculate nor consider whether the view of arbitrator on evidence is justified-Thus, order of trial court setting aside the award being non-speaking and arbitrator failed to refer the claim item wise and objection raised, not correct and

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