Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 63 · Decided 7 March 1988
Continental Construction CO. LTD. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 63 · [1988] 3 S.C.R. 103
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 13180/1985
- Decided
- 7 March 1988
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136; Contract Act Section 56; Arbitration Act Section 20
Headnote
B Arbitration Act, 1940--Whether a contractor can claim extra cost and compensation towards rise in prices of material and labour on account of delay on the part of other party to contract in discharge of its obligations and allotment of work under the contract and irivoke arbi­ tration clause 20--0f The petitioner in this application under Article 136 of the Con­ stitution entered into a contract with the respondent State for construc­ tion work. The contract could not be completed within the stipulated time because of alleged gross delay on the part of the State in
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