Supreme Court of India
M/s. Centrotrade Minerals and Metals Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Briggs of Cancun’s defense under article V(1) (b) of the Convention must M/S. CENTROTRADE MINERALS AND METALS INC. v.
Judgment, page 29
From the headnote
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s.48 – Enforceability of the foreign award – Contract of sale of commodity be tween the parties – The agreement contained two tier arbitration by whi ch the first tier was to be settled in India and if either party d isagreed with the result, that party had right to appeal to a second arbitrati on to be held by the ICC in London – Dispute arose between the partie s – Appellant invoked the arbitration clause – Arbitrator held against the appellant – Appellant invoked second part of ar bitration agreement – Foreign award held against the responde nt –
Authorities it was built on
- 1960 Kavalappara Kottarathil Kochuni and Others v. The State of Madras and Others
- 2019 Ssangyong Construction Co. Ltd. v. National Highways Authority of India (nhai)
- 1963 Societe De Traction Et D'electricite Societe Anonyme v. Kamani Engineering Company Ltd.
- 2016 M/s Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd.
- 2006 M/s. Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd.
- 2003 Sohan Lal Gupta (dead) Thr. Lrs. and Ors. v. Smt Asha Devi Gupta and Ors.
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.