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Supreme Court Pulls Up Bihar Legal Department For 'Misadventure' of Filing Suit Against Arbitration Award [READ ORDER]

Lawstreet Journal 3 Mar 2021 12:08am

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Judiciary Supreme Court Pulls Up Bihar Legal Department For 'Misadventure' of Filing Suit Against Arbitration Award [READ ORDER]

A three judge bench of Supreme Court comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Roy on 25.02.2021 came down heavily on the legal department of the State of Bihar for instituting a wholly non-maintainable legal proceedings.

The bench was headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and while dismissing a special leave petition filed by Bihar government, it said:

“We are not dealing with a person  having lack of knowledge of  law but the State of Bihar having large legal department working for it. To say the least, it is the sheer absurdity”

Background of the case:

The issue was related to a dispute between the Bihar government and a road contractor where the arbitrator passed an award of nearly Rs 2.05 crores against the government. This  amountwas  to  bepaid  within  aperiod  of  60days from  the  dateof  receipt  ofthe  award,  buton  failure to  do so,the  post  awardinterest  had  tobe  paid  as per law.

 

Misadventure of Bihar Legal Department:

The  petitioner (Government) was  aggrievedby  this  awardand logically  should  havefiled  proceedings  under Section 34  of  the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,  1996, on which SC said:

“The  petitioner for  the  reasons best  known  to  it persuaded  a  misconceived adventure  of  filing a  title suit!”

The title suit continued from 2005 to 2012. After 7 years, the Government realized its mistake and attempted to convert into an appeal under Section 3 34 of the Arbitration and  Conciliation Act, 1996  by  taking recourse to Section 151 of the CPC. This attempt was "naturally unsuccessful", the Supreme Court records in… Continue Reading...


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