Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 150 · Decided 17 February 1997
The New India Civil Erectors {P) LTD. v. Oil and National Gas Corporation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 150 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 86
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 808/1997
- Decided
- 17 February 1997
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act
Headnote
Arbitration Act-Powers of Arbitratol"-Setting aside award-Grounds of-Arbitrator-Exceeding jurisdictiolt-Held-Arbitrator a creature of an agreement and has to follow limits incorporated in agreement and he cannot C interpret-An arbitrator to act within the four comers of the agreement. The pre· fabricated housing units for the Respondent. The contract could not be completed even within an extended period. The contract was terminated by the Respondent and the work was done through another agency. There D were disputes between the Appellant and Respondent which were referred to
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