Supreme Court of India

M/s Mitra Guha Builders (india) Company v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 368
Bench R. Banumathi, A. S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 8 November 2019

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Arbitration : Contract for building construction – Dispute – Arbi trator appointed – Arbitrator allowed the claims of the co ntractor/ claimants, while rejected the counter-claim for liquidated da mages/ compensation – Single Judge of High Court upheld th e Award – Division Bench of High Court set aside the Award ho lding that question of levy of liquidated damages was not arbitrable – Appe al to Supreme Court – Held : The relevant clause of the contrac t shows that the parties had agreed that levy of liquidated damag es by the Superintending Engineer of the respondent-Company w as final –

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