Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1225 · Decided 8 November 2019
M/S Mitra Guha Builders (India) Company v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1225 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 368
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5511/2012
- Decided
- 8 November 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Arbitration : Contract for building construction - Dispute - Arbitrator appointed - Arbitrator allowed the claims of the contractor/ claimants, while rejected the counter-claim for liquidated damages/ compensation - Court upheld the Award - Division Bench of High Court set aside the Award holding that question of levy of liquidated damages was not arbitrable - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held : The relevant clause of the contract shows that the parties had agreed that levy of liquidated
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