Patna Court August 1986 Judgments

Bihar State Electricity Board Vs. Khalsa Brothers Overruled

Court: Patna

Reported in: AIR1988Pat304

Lalit Mohan Sharma, J.1. This appeal under Section 39 of the Indian Arbitration Act. 1940 is directed against the decision of the Additional Subordinate Judge, Patna, making the Award of an Arbitrator a rule of the Court after certain modification.2. The parties to the appeal entered into a contract for making certain constructions. The respondent-firm undertook to execute the work as per the agreement dt/-12-9-1969. The work commenced in Sept. 1969 but could not proceed after a few months. Certain differences arose between the respondent and the appellant-Electricity Board, the other contracting party, and the dispute was, as per the agreement, referred to the arbitration of Sri P.R. Guha, Chief Engineer (Retired), River Valley Project Department, Bihar. The parties filed their written statements and fully participated in the proceeding before the Arbitrator. Ultimately, an Award was made and filed in court in Aug. 1972. The appellant raised several objections against the Award, and a...