Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 350 · Decided 31 July 2003
State of U.P. v. Allied Constructions
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 350 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 55
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 14152/1996
- Decided
- 31 July 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 30, 33
Headnote
B Arbitration Act, 1940: Arbitration-Force majeure clause of agreement­ Contract between the parties for construction of a bridge-cum-fall-Work partly done by contractor destroyed by flood-Claim by contractor for loss sustained-Matter referred to arbitrator who made an award in favour of C of relevant clause of the agreement shows that it protected the State from liability and damage occasioned by unprecedented flood which could not have been foreseen or avoided as a prudent person-No evidence was led before the arbitrator to show that the D rain as a result of which the loss was
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