Supreme Court of India

Sp Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Another

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1005

Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.

Decided 4 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are disposed of with the foll owing directions:- (i) the proceedings of the arbitrator dated 06.08.2014 terminating the arbitral proceedings is set aside.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 11(6), 21 and 25 (a) – Appointment of arbitrator – Contract between appellant-contractor and respondent-State – Dispute between the parties – Contractor requested appointm ent of arbitrator – State appointed “Superintendent Engineer, Ar bitration Circle” as the arbitrator in terms of arbitration clause (clause 65 of General Conditions of Contract) – Contractor did not partic ipate in arbitration proceedings – The proceedings terminated u/s. 25(a) – Contractor being aggrieved by appointment of the arbitrator , filed petition u/s. 11(6) before High

Authorities it was built on

2018 Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Kochi Cricket Pvt. Ltd. and Etc. cited by 16
2009 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors. v. M/s. Raja Transport (p) Ltd. cited by 8
2013 Antrix Corp. Ltd. v. Devas Multimedia P. Ltd. cited by 6
2007 Ace Pipeline Contracts Private Limited v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2023 M/s. Shree Vishnu Constructions v. The Engineer in Chief Military Engineering Service & Ors. relied on
2022 Swadesh Kumar Agarwal v. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal & Ors, Etc., Etc. relied on
2022 Ellora Paper Mills Limited v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2021 Ratnam Sudesh Iyer v. Jackie Kakubhai Shroff referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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