Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 77 · Decided 16 February 1994
Tarapore and CO. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 77 · [1994] 1 S.C.R. 1012
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1246/1992
- Decided
- 16 February 1994
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act
Headnote
Arbitration Ac~ 1940: Sections 16(1)(b), 20(1) and 30(a). Agreement-Arbitration clause-Provision requiring Contractor to pay c not less than fair wages and to observe labour laws without having any claim against state-Payment of increased amount of wages on account of rise in minimum wages-Payment wages by Contractor under terms of con- ,1 tract-Claim by Contractor-Award by arbitrator allowing Contractor's D claim-Award held valid qua increase in fair wages but held invalid qua rise in minimum wages--/n the assence of express provision for escalation Ar- bitrator can award amount of
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