Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 130 · Decided 25 February 2014
M/S. Larsen & Toubro LTD. v. M/S. Mohan Lal Harbans Lal Bhayana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 130 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 162
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7586/2009
- Decided
- 25 February 2014
- Bench
- S.S. NIJJAR, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 11(6)
Headnote
ARBITRATION AND CONG/LIA T/ON ACT, 1996: c s. 11 (6) - Application before High Court for appointment of arbitrator - Agreement between employer SCOPE and appellant contractor - Clause 25 of agreement bearing arbitration clause - Appellant engaging respondent sub­ contractor - Application of 0 arbitrator - Allowed by High Court - Held: SCOPE being Principal/Employer of appellant, the liability for honouring the claim of respondent was that of SCOPE and appellant was not supposed to make any payment from its coffers - Further, by virtue of first supplementary agreement, the
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