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Pam Developments Private Limited v. The State of West Bengal & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 615
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal JJ.
Decided 23 August 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the High Court had no reason to interfere with the Arbitral Award with respect to grant of pre-reference interest, since the Contract between parties does not prohibit the same.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the arbitral award in favour of the contractor as regards labour charges for uneconomical stoppage of work, interest on delayed payment, and interest, upheld by the District Judge but set aside/modified by the High Court. Headnotes† Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 34 and 37 – Arbitral awards – Work contract – Claims raised by the contractor under different heads alleging delays on the part of the State, referred to the arbitrator – Arbitral award in favour of the contractor under heads-loss of business, uneconomic utilization of plant

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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