Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 506 · Decided 4 May 2022
The Secretary to GOVT. of Kerala, Irrigation Department and Others v. James Varghese and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 506 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 389
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6258/2014
- Decided
- 4 May 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 253, 254(2), 254; Arbitration Act Section 254(2)
Headnote
Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopening of Awards Act, 1998 - Constitutional validity of - Challenged, on ground of legislative competence of the State Legislature - Agreements relating to a State Irrigation Project - - State enacted Kerala Act of 1998 which provided for cancellation of arbitration clauses in the agreements, revocation of authority of the arbitrators appointed thereunder and filing of appeals against awards or decrees already passed in certain arbitration references in respect of
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