Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 194 · Decided 7 October 1977
Union of India v. Orient ENGG. & Commercial CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 194 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 632
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1296/1977
- Decided
- 7 October 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH, D.A. DESAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 121, 151; Evidence Act Section 121
Headnote
1'Vitne.~s-Suntn1oni11g of a witness-Arbitrator or other quasi-judicial autho­ rity, whether covered by s. 121 of the Evidence Act-Duty of the Cou1t before issuing sum1nons under Order XLVI Rule 3, C.P.C. read with s. 121 of the Evidence Act when parties present a list of witnesses to be under Order XVI Rules 1 and 2 read \Vith s. 151, C.P.C., a list of witnesses to be summoned includirig the Arbitrator \Vho made an a-w·ard in a matter betwee_n the appellant and the respondent No. 1. The Registrar of the High Court in the routine course granted sumn1ons '~'ithout
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