Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 290 · Decided 31 October 1968
Union of India v. Jai Narain Misra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 290 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 588
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 31/1966
- Decided
- 31 October 1968
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 39
Headnote
Arbitration-Award when vague and uncertain-Part of a1vard based on mistake may be struck out if separable. The respondent, a building contractor, entered into a contract with the Government of India for the constn1ction of certain flats. On disputes '" arising, they \Vere referre_d to an Rupees twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety two, annas five were to be paid as the amount due: to tbe respondent as calculat­ ed by the Union of India. Rupees six thousand were to be paid as the amount of se,curity deposit made by the respondent with the Union of India. The third
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