Supreme Court of India

Indian Railway Construction Company Limited v. M/s National Buildings Construction

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 713
Bench M. R. Shah and M. M. Sundresh JJ.
Decided 17 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 34, 37 – Appellant- IRCON and the respondent-NBCC entered into an agreement under which NBCC was awarded the work of construction of railway station cum commercial complex – NBCC failed to carr y out the work within the time stipulated and the work was pr actically abandoned – IRCON served notice upon the NBCC for termination of the contract relying upon clause 60.1 of the agreement – NBCC invoked the arbitration clause – Arbitral Tribunal rejected the NBCC’s claim for refund of two security deposits i.e. claim nos.33 and 34 – Tribunal held

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