Supreme Court of India
Chennai Metro Rail Limited Administrative Building v. M/s Transtonnelstroy Afcons (jv) & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, this court holds that Chennai Metro’s application cannot succeed.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Issue for consideration: Whether revision of fee by an arbitral tribunal would terminate the mandate of the tribunal on the ground of ineligibi lity as per s. 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 12, 13 and 14 – Grounds and procedure of challenge – Failure or impossibili ty of the arbitrator or tribunal to act – Arbitration proceedings between the parties – Tribunal revised the hearing fee for each arbitrator fi xed at Rs 1,00,000/- per session to Rs 2,00,000/- per session of three hours – Respondent paid the revised fee for fi ve
Authorities it was built on
- 1987 Ranjit Thakur v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1976 G. Sarana v. University of Lucknow & Ors.
- 1988 Secretary to the Government, Transport Deptt., Madras v. Munuswamy Mudaliar & Ors.
- 1973 S. Parthasarathi v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2019 Bharat Broadband Network Limited v. United Telecoms Limited
- 2017 M/s. Voestalpine Schienen Gmbh v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
- 2008 Shivanand Gaurishankar Baswanti v. Laxmi Vishnu Textile Mills & Ors.
- 1957 Manak Lal v. Dr. Prem Chand
- 2019 National Highways Authority of v. Gayatri Jhansi Roadways Limited
- 2017 Halliburton Offshore Services Inc & Anr. v. Principal Officer of Mercantile Marine Department & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Bhadra International (india) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India
- 2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company
Of those, 2 referred to
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