Supreme Court of India

General Manager East Coast Railway Rail Sadan & Anr. v. Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2022] 6 S.C.R. 785
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 22 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reason stated above, the present Appeal Succeeds.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.42 and 11(6) – Jurisdiction over arbitral proceedings – Competent igh Court – Dispute between appellant and respondent – Responde nt filed application before High Court of Orissa u/s.11(6) s eeking appointment of arbitrator – Specific objection rais ed by appellant on entertainability and/or maintainability of the a pplication u/s.11(6) – Placing reliance on s.42, the appellant submitt ed that as respondent-claimant had initiated proceedings u/s.9 in the Court at Vishakhapatnam, only the High Court of Andhra Prade sh at Amaravati would have

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