Supreme Court of India

M/s Glock Asia-pacific Ltd. v. Union of India

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 717

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.

Decided 19 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, the present application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is allowed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.11(6), 12(5) – Ministry of Home Affairs floated tender – Applicant ’s bid was accepted as per the terms and conditions of the ten der which provided for arbitration clause which enabled the S ecretary, Ministry of Home Affairs to appoint an officer in t he Ministry of Law as the arbitrator – Applicant invoking arbitratio n, nominated a retired Judge of the High Court as the Sole Arbitr ator which as per the respondent was contrary to the Conditions o f Tender – Application filed u/s.11(6) before Supreme Court, h eld:The arbitration clause in the

Authorities it was built on

1954 Chatturbhuj Vithaldas Jasani v. Moreshwar Parashram and Others. cited by 25
1968 Mulamchand v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 17
1961 Seth Bikhraj Jaipuria v. Union of India cited by 14
2017 M/s. Voestalpine Schienen Gmbh v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. cited by 8
2009 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors. v. M/s. Raja Transport (p) Ltd. cited by 8
1966 K. P. Chowdhary v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. cited by 2
2019 G H Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci-spic-smo-mcml (jv)joint Venture Company cited by 2
1966 State of Assam & Ors. v. Shri Kanak Chandra Dutta cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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