Supreme Court of India

M/s. P. Manohar Reddy & Bros. v. Maharashtra Krishna Valley Dev. Corpn. & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 1217
Decided 18 December 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the trial court was not correct in directing appointment of an arbitrator.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940- ss. 8, 20 and 37(4)-Appointment of arbitrator - Works contract - Claim for additional and extra work - Rejection of claim as also appointment of arbitrator by Government - Trial court appointed arbitrator but High Court set aside the same - Correctness of - Held: Trial court not correct in directing appointment of arbitrator - Arbitration clause could not be invoked having regard to the limited application of clauses 37, 54, 55 of General Conditions of Contract - Contractor did not raise claim for extra or additional work during the tenure of contract but after its

Where later benches applied it

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