Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 555 · Decided 17 April 2009
Petine Shipping INC. of Monrovia v. The Minerals and Metal Trading Corporation of India LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 555 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 551
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2627/2009
- Decided
- 17 April 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 31(4), 31
Headnote
# Arbitration Act, 1940- s. 31(4) -Applicability of- Petition before Delhi High Court for declaration that nomination of c arbitrator was valid - Dismissed as infructuous on account of death of arbitrator - Later, on the question of appointment of Umpire, petition - Dismissed on the ground of lack of jurisdiction holding ,that since previous application filed before Delhi High Court, that court alone had D the jurisdiction - On appeal, held : Rejection of petition on account of lack of jurisdiction not correct - s. 31(4) is applicable to
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