Supreme Court of India

The State of Madhya Pradesh v. M/s Sew Construction Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 9 S.C.R. 731
Bench A. S. Bopanna and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 18 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that th e Arbitrator was justified in granting the claim for escalation as the conditions precedent for raising a plea for escalation are admittedly satisfied by the inspection report dated 31.10.2002 followed by the letter of the Superintending Engineer dated 12.11.2002.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Arbitration – Arbitral Award – In the instant case, the State issued tender notice for construction of Masonry Da m and the appellant-contractor was successful bidder – During the course of work, the contractor requested for an alternate quarry which request was denied and the matter was referred for arbitration – Thereafter, the contractor made another request for another alternate quarry (Mahuar Quarry) – Upon inspection, the constituted committee approved the request and a co nditional permission was granted to the contractor – Despite conditional permission, the contractor raised claim of

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