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The Secretary to Govt. of Kerala, Irrigation Department and Others v. James Varghese and Others

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 389
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and B. R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 4 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that they squarely apply on all fours t o the cases on hand in favour of the appellants.

Judgment, page 79

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Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopenin g of Awards Act, 1998 – Constitutional validity of – Cha llenged, on ground of legislative competence of the State Legis lature – Agreements relating to a State Irrigation Project – Disputes – Arbitration references – State enacted Kerala Act o f 1998 which provided for cancellation of arbitration clauses in the agreements, revocation of authority of the arbitrators appointed thereunder and filing of appeals against awards or decrees already passe d in certain arbitration references in respect of which period of li mitation had expired –

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