Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 743 · Decided 10 September 2024
R.P. Garg v. The Chief General Manager, Telecom Department & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 743 · [2024] 9 S.C.R. 763
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10472/2024
- Decided
- 10 September 2024
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 31(7)(b)
Headnote
Whether the appellant is entitled to post-award interest on the sum awarded by the Arbitrator. Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - s.31(7)(b) - Grant of post-award interest, not subject to the contract between the parties payment of post-award interest, denied on the ground that the contract between the parties did not permit it - Correctness: Held: Not correct - By virtue of s.31(7)(b), a sum directed to be paid by an Arbitral Award shall carry interest - s.31(7)(b) deals with grant of interest
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