Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 788 · Decided 25 November 2021
Saluja Construction Company v. Northern Coalfields Limited
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 788 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 1111
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7041/2021
- Decided
- 25 November 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 2(a), 8, 20, 37, 34
Headnote
Arbitration - High Court in appeal set aside award passed by the Arbitrator - Propriety - Held: On facts, the Arbitrator was required to adjudicate and decide dispute between the parties with respect to one Project (Bina Project) only - However, the Arbitrator passed an relating to Bina Project but also with respect to other projects - Therefore, the High Court rightly held that the arbitrator while decreeing the award exceeded his jurisdiction in passing award in respect of four contracts - However, at the same time, the High Court at least ought to
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