State of West Bengal Vs. Gourangalal Chatterjee

Decided On : May-11-1993

Court : Supreme Court of India

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Against this order the State filed an appeal which has been dismissed by the Division Bench upholding the objection of the respondent as not maintainable. It has been held that the appeal was not maintainable either under Section 39(2) or under Letters Patent. It is the correctness of this view that has been assailed in this appeal.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. Section 39 of the Arbitration Act came up for consideration in Union of India v. Mohindra Supply Company : [1962]3SCR497 . The Court after going into detail and examining various authorities given by different High Courts held that no second appeal lay under Section 39(2) against a decision given by a Learned Single Judge under Section 39(1). In respect of the jurisdiction under Letters Patent the Court observed that since Arbitration Act was consolidating and amending act relating to arbitration it must be construed without any assumption that it was not intended to alter the law relating to appeals. The Court held that in view of bar created by Sub-section (2) of Section 39 debarring any second appeal from an order passed in appeal under Sub-section (1) the 'conclusion was inevitable that it was so done with a view to restrict the right of appeal within strict limits defined by Section 39'. Therefore, so far the second part is concerned, namely, the maintainability of the appeal under Letters Patent it stands concluded by this decision.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. The learned Counsel for the appellant vehemently argued that since the decision by the Supreme Court was in respect of an appeal directed against an order passed by a Learned Single Judge in exercise of appellate jurisdiction no second appeal lay but that principle could not be applied where the order of Learned Single Judge was passed not in exercise of appellate jurisdiction but original jurisdiction. 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(2) No second appeal shall lie from an order passed in appeal under this section, but nothing in this section shall affect or take away any right to appeal to the Supreme Court.' provides that an appeal could lie only from the orders mentioned in the Sub-section itself. Since the order passed by Learned Single Judge revoking the authority of the Chief Engineer on his failure to act as an arbitrator was not covered in either of the six clauses mentioned in Section 39 it is obvious that no appeal could be filed against the order of the Learned Single Judge.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. Reliance was placed on certain orders passed by this Court and it was urged that settlement of dispute under Clause 25 of the agreement being in exclusive domain of the Chief Engineer the High Court was not empowered to appoint anyone else. The submission is devoid of any merit. It is not made out from the agreement. Rather Clause 25 itself permits appointment of another arbitrator if the Chief Engineer fails or omits to act as such. Relevant portion of the agreement is extracted below:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Should the Chief Engineer be for any reason unwilling or unable to act as such Arbitrator such questions and disputes shall be referred to an Arbitrator to be appointed by the Arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on all the parties to this contract.' In one of the decisions given by this Court the order of the High Court was set aside as the dispute being technical in nature the appointment of a non-technical arbitrator was not justified. Here in this the High Court has appointed a retired Chief Engineer and not a non-technical man. No allegation has been made against him. Therefore, the order of the learned Single Judge also does not suffer from any infirmity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. 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LAW: the Arbitration Act, Section 39(2, Section 39(2, the Arbitration Act, Section 39(2, Arbitration Act, Section 39, Section 39', Section 39, Section 39

PERSON: R.M. Sahai, Roy Chowdhury

NORP: J.1

ORG: State, Public Works Department, the High Court, State, Letters Patent, Union of India, Court, Letters Patent the Court, Court, Letters Patent, the Supreme Court, Learned Single, Court, Court, a Small Cause Court, the Supreme Court, Learned Single, Reliance, Court, the High Court, Court, the High Court, the High Court

EVENT: Clause 25

LOC: Learned Single, Learned Single, Learned Single, Single Judge

DATE: 6th September, 1991

CARDINAL: one, 1962]3SCR497, 2, 1, 1, 2, six, one, 6

ORDINAL: second, second, second, second, second