Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 416 · Decided 21 September 2012
Benarsi Krishna Committee and ORS. v. Karmyogi Shelters PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 416 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 1175
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 23860/2010
- Decided
- 21 September 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 11, 34(3), 2(h)
Headnote
ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996: B ss.2(h), 31(5) and 34 - Delivery of copy of arbitral award c to 'party' - Held: The expression ''party''. as defined in s.2(h) clearly indicates a person who is a party to an arbitration agreement and is not qualified in any way so as of the party to such agreement - Therefore, proper compliance with s.31 (5) would mean delivery of a signed copy 0 of Arbitral Award on the party himself and not on his Advocate, which gives the party concerned the right to proceed u/s 34(3) of the Act. An award was made on 12.5.2004 by the
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