Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 243 · Decided 10 September 1971
Keshavsinh Dwarkadas Kapadia ETC. v. M/S. Indian Engineering Company
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 243 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 695
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2441/1968
- Decided
- 10 September 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 33
Headnote
Arbitration Act (10 of 1940), Sch. I, para. ~Appointment of umpire by arbitrators-Whether consent of umpire necessary-Disagree­ ment between arbitrators what i's. Disputes having arisen between the appellant and the respondent, they were -referred to arbitration in accordance with an upon the reference and also appointed an umpire. After the time for making the award had expired the appellant took the stand that one df the arbitrators would be biased in favour of the respon­ dents. The respondents therefore called upon the arbitrators to refer the matter to the umpire and
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