Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 456 · Decided 14 August 1995
Trustees of the Port of Madras v. Engineering Constructions Corporation Limited
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 456 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 672
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1175/1976
- Decided
- 14 August 1995
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 46; Arbitration Act
Headnote
Arbitration Act, 194(}-S ections 16( 1) C, 30( C rReasoned award­ Error apparent on the face of the award-Held, means "e1mr of law" and not "error of fact''-Error must have appeared from the award-Or from document C incorporated or appended to it.· D E F Contract Act, is presC1ibed for executing a contract-Held, is a question off act and not a question of law. Practice and Procedure-Letters Patent Appeal-Interference in Award-On question of fact-Not acceptable. The Board of Trustees of Madras Port Trust invited tenders for certain work at the port in 1957, for
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