Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 543 · Decided 13 August 2014
North Eastern Railway & ORS. v. Tripple Engineering Works
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 543 · [2014] 6 S.C.R. 1143
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6275/2014
- Decided
- 13 August 2014
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, M.Y. EQBAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 11(6)
Headnote
A B Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996: s. 11 (6) - Appointment of arbitrator- Contract providing for arbitration by Railway Officers - C High Court appointing a retired Chief Justice as the Arbitrator - Held: Although s. 11 says that the High Court must appoint arbitrator as per contract in this notion, in the sense that though the contract between the parties must be adhered to, deviation therefrom in exceptional circumstances is o permissible - In the instant case, appointment of retired judge contrary to the agreement requiring appointment of railway officer is valid as the
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