Supreme Court of India

Rajasthan State Electricity Board v. M/s. Universal Petrol Chemicals Ltd.

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 138

Bench Tarun Chatterjee and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.

Decided 12 January 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid findings and conclusions arrived F at by us holding that it is only the Court at Jaipur which will have jurisdiction to try and decide the arbitration proceedings between the parties and also entertain a petition of the aforesaid nature i.e.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996: ss. 20, 31(4) and 41(1) - Agreement containing arbitration clause as also an ouster clause confining to jurisdiction of court at Jaipur - Petition uls 20 of the Act filed in Calcutta High Court - HELD: It is only the court at Jaipur 0 which will have jurisdiction to try and decide arbitration proceedings between the parties and also entertain a petition u/s 20 of the Act - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - ss. 2(c) and 20 - Jurisdiction of court. The appellant Electricity Board having its base and operation at Jaipur placed two orders for supply of

Authorities it was built on

1995 M/s. Angile Insulations v. M/s. Davy Ashmore India Ltd. and Anr. cited by 6
2004 M/s Hanil Era Textiles Ltd. v. M/s. Puromatic Filters (p) Ltd. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2013 M/s. Swastik Gases P. Ltd. v. Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. relied on
2025 Rakesh Kumar Verma v. Hdfc Bank Ltd. referred to
2015 Harmony Innovation Shipping Ltd. v. Gupta Coal India Ltd. &anr. referred to
2014 State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Associated Contractors referred to

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