Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 162 · Decided 21 March 2001
East India Hotels LTD. v. Agra Development Authority
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 162 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 582
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2238/2001
- Decided
- 21 March 2001
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 14(2), 20
Headnote
Arbitration Act, 1940: Section 14(2). ArlJitrationAward-Filing of-Notice to pa!ties-Requiremenr and mode of se1vice of-Umpire filed award in cow1--Couf1 directed counsel for parties be informed-Counsel for the parties noted this order-Subsequently, award made rule of cou11-However, High Court set 14(2) served on the aggrieved party-Correctness of-Held: Notice under S. 14(2) need not be in writing; it can also be oral-But there must be service of notice or intimation or communication of the filing of award to the patties-Mode of sen1ice immaterial-Notice to counsel is notice to pa11y and,
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