Supreme Court of India
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. v. Telephone Cables Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that in the absence of an arbitration agreement, the application under section 11 F of the Act was not maintainable.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 7 and 11 - Government contracts - Tender - Allegation of arbitrariness in tender process - Aggrieved bidder filed application for referring matter to arbitration - Held: On facts, documents show that arbitration clause was applicable only to contract awarded by placing a purchase order and not in regard to any dispute to the tender or bid or non-placing of purchase order - Thus, arbitration clause did not exist in regard to tender stage dispute or pre-contract differences, at a stage when there was no privily of contract - Since a purchase order was
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 M/s Psa Mumbai Investments Pte. Limited v. The Board of Trustees of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Anr.
- 2024 M/s Hpcl Bio-fuels Ltd. v. M/s Shahaji Bhanudas Bhad
- 2017 Ksb Ali v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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