Supreme Court of India

North Eastern Railway & Ors. v. Tripple Engineering Works

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Reported as [2014] 6 S.C.R. 1143

Bench Ranjan Gogoi and M. Y. Eqbal JJ.

Decided 13 August 2014

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From the headnote

Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996: s. 11 (6) - Appointment of arbitrator- Contract providing for arbitration by Railway Officers - High Court appointing a retired Chief Justice as the Arbitrator - Held: Although s. 11 says that the High Court must appoint arbitrator as per contract between the parties, there is a shift in this notion, in the sense that though the contract between the parties must be adhered to, deviation therefrom in exceptional circumstances is o permissible - In the instant case, appointment of retired judge contrary to the agreement requiring appointment of railway

Authorities it was built on

2007 Union of India v. M/s. Bharat Battery Manufacturing Co. (p) Ltd. cited by 13
2008 Northern Railway Administration, Ministry of Railway, New Delhi v. Patel Engineering Company Ltd. cited by 7
2013 M/s. Deep Trading Company v. M/s. Indian Oil Corporation and Ors. cited by 7
2007 Ace Pipeline Contracts Private Limited v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2017 Union of India v. Besco Ltd. relied on
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2023 Lombardi Engineering Limited v. Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited referred to
2019 Union of India v. Parmar Construction Company referred to
2017 Aravali Power Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Mis. Era Infra Engineering Ltd. referred to
2017 M/s. Voestalpine Schienen Gmbh v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 5 referred to

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