Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 171 · Decided 8 April 1999
V.G.GEORGE v. Indian Rare Earths LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 171 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 531
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4273/1989
- Decided
- 8 April 1999
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 30(a), 30
Headnote
B Arbitration Act, 1940 : Section 30(a)-Misconduct by arbitrator-Award beyond the scope of the agreement-Agreement provided that contractor would be responsible C for negotiations with the land owner and local public whose land needed to be used for mining-Arbitrator awarding a sum on account of beyond the scope of the agreement-Arbitrator misconducted with the proceedings and the High Court rightly set aside the award. Section 30(a)-Escalation-There was no escalation clause in th.~~ agreement-Finding of the arbitrator that contractor was not pressurised to agree to a 10% hike in
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