Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 271 · Decided 7 September 1989
Koch Navigation INC. v. Hindustan Petroleum CORPN. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 271 · [1989] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 70
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3838/1989
- Decided
- 7 September 1989
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act
Headnote
Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961: Enforcement of foreign award-Costs of referenc,,_Entitlement to-­ Whether permissible. C The appellant company had chartered their vessel to the respon- dent for carrying oil from Arabian Gulf to India under a charter party. Disputes and arbitrator in London, as stipulated in the charter party. The arbitrator awarded a certain sum to be paid by the respon- D dent to the appellant, with interest. The arbitrator further awarded to the appellant the cost~ of the reference, which were to be taxed in the event of disagreement. The
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