Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. M/s. Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.

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Reported as [2010] 4 S.C.R. 46

Bench R.V. Raveendran and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 1 April 2010

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From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - ss.34 and 37 - Disputes between respondent-company and appellant-State - Arbitral award - Application by appellant u/s.34 for setting aside the award rejected - Appeal by appellant uls.37 - Subsequent application by appellant for amendment in memorandum of appeal to raise additional/ new grounds - Rejected by High Court on the reasoning that new grounds for setting aside the arbitral award could not be permitted· to be raised beyond the period of limitation prescribed in s.34(3) - Justification of - Held: On facts, justified - The grounds sought to be

Authorities it was built on

1957 L. J. Leach and Company Ltd. v. Jardine Skinner and Co. cited by 18
1957 Pirgonda Hongonda Patil v. Kalgonda Shidgonda Patil and Others cited by 15
1978 Ganesh Trading Co. v. Moji Ram cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2019 Varun Pahwa v. Mrs. Renu Chaudhary relied on
2012 Assam Urban Water Supply & Sew. Board v. Subash Projects & Marketing Ltd. relied on
2011 The National Textile Corporation Ltd. v. Nareshkumar Badrikumar Jagad & Ors. relied on
2011 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Mamata Mohanty relied on
2025 My Preferred Transformation & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. M/s Faridabad Implements Pvt. Ltd. referred to
2023 Bhimashankar Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamita v. Walchandnagar Industries Ltd. (wil) referred to
2012 Union of India v. Ibrahim Uddin & Anr. referred to
2021 State of Chhattisgarh & Anr. v. M/s Sal Udyog Private Limited not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable

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