Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 345 · Decided 22 April 2020
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India v. Alimenta S.A.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 345 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 789
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 667/2012
- Decided
- 22 April 2020
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 32, 56
Headnote
Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961: s.7 - Agreement between NAFED and Alimenta S.A. for export of groundnut (commodity) for the season 1979-80 - Agreement contained arbitration clause - Terms and conditions were as per FOSFA 20 contract, a standard form NAFED was a canalizing agency for the Government of India for export of commodity - Clause 14 in the agreement was that in case of prohibition of export by executive order or by law, the agreement would be treated as cancelled - NAFED could not export the entire quantity due to damage
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