Supreme Court of India
M/s. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. v. M/s. Chowgule Brothers & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result we allow this appeal but only in part and to the extent that the award made by the Arbitrators shall stand C set aside except to the extent of a sum of Rs.8,63,953/-which amount shall be payable to the respondent-contractor with the interest@ 9% p.a. from 1st April, 1985 till the date of actual payment thereof.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Contract -Work contract - Initially granted for one year - Extendable on the same terms and conditions except the statutory increase in the wages of dock labourers - Extension of contract - Contractor claiming enhanced amount on account of escalation by statutory increase in the wages of labourers during the extended period of contract - It also claimed an amount towards final payment due and payable - Arbitrators by majority decision allowed the claim of contractor - Single Judge of High Court setting aside the award. - Division Bench upholding the award - Held: Contractor was not entitled
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