Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 40 · Decided 15 January 2007

D. Gopinathan Pillai v. State of Kerala and ANR.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2007 INSC 40 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 904
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 220/2007
Decided
15 January 2007
Bench
AR. LAKSHMANAN, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Arbitration Act Section 39

Headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: Application for setting aside award-3320 days delay in filing­ Condoned by civil court-High Court declining to interfere-Held, delay cannot be condoned without assigning any reasonable, satisfactory, sufficient and proper reason-Orders of Civil Court and High Court set Government filed an application for condoning 3320 days delay in filing the application for setting aside the award. The civil court allowed the said application observing that officers of the State Government committed gross negligence in not filing the objection for such a long time

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