Supreme Court of India

State of Uttar Pradesh and Another v. R.K. Pandey and Another

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 403
Bench Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 8 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow the present appeal and set aside the two ex parte Awards dated 15.02.2008 and 25.06.2008.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the enforceability of the ex-parte awards against the employer-State Government and the principal of the medical college, when the employer objected the authenticity of the arbitration agreement relied on by the employee. Headnotes† Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Ex-parte arbitral awards – Enforcement by employee, when denial of the authenticity of the arbitration agreement by employer – Service dispute by the employee against the State Government and the government hospital where he was employed as regards age of superannuation – Writ

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