Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority vs L. G. Chaudhary Engineers & Contractors

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2018 Supreme(SC) 578

ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, UDAY UMESH LALIT
Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority – Appellant
Versus
L. G. Chaudhary Engineers & Contractors – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. Rahul Narayan, Mr. Shashwant Goel, Mr. Anand Kumar Sethi, Ms. Vibha D. Makhija, Ms. Abha R. Sharma, Mr. D.S. Parmar, Mr. Naman Nagrath, Mr. Aman Pandey, Mr. Harsh Parashar, Mr. Varun Amar, Mr. Naman Nagrath, Mr. Jay Savla, Ms. Renuka Sahu, Mr. Prabhat Chaurasia, Mr. Jasdeep Singh Dhillon, Mr. Brajesh Pandey, Mr. Vasu B., Ms. Spiti Sarkar, Dr. Kailash Chand, Mr. Tripura Ray, Mr. B.S. Billowria, Mr. Suresh Kumar Sharma, Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Mr. Atul Jha, Mr. Sandeep Jha, Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Mr. Varun Amar, Mr. Shantanu Krishna, Mr. Preetesh Kapoor, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Jesal Wahi, Ms. Mamta Singh, Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Mr. Anupam, Mr. A.C. Boxipatro, Dr. Manish Singhvi, Mr. Prashant Kumar, Mr. Saurabh S. Sinha, for M/S. Ap & J Chambers, Mr. Shekhar Sharma, Mr. A.P. Dhamija, Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Mr. Nitin Kumar, Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Ms. Shalu Sharma, Mr. Vivek Singh, Mr. Mohit Darad, Mr. Anand Dixit L., Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Ms. Monalisa Kosaria, Mr. Chandra Prakash, Mr. M. R. Shamshad, Mr. Aditya Samaddar, Ms. Rimjhim Naudial, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Mr. Anu K. Joy, Mr. Alim Anuar, Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Mr. Ajay Assudani, Mr. Surya Narayana Singh, Ms. Kaveri Vats, Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, Ms. Anuradha Mishra, Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Mr. Ankit Kumar Lal, Mr. Arjun Garg, Mr. Jaspreet Singh Rai, Mr. Rohit Nagpal, Mr. Harpreet Singh Rai, Ms. Harsimran Rana Rai, Ms. Sukhdeep Rana Rai, Mr. Shyamal Kumar, Mr. Shivam Singh, Mr. Apoorva Srivastava, Ms. Sugandha Batra, Mr. Ranjan Kumar Pandey, Mr. Shivam Singh, Mr. Apoorva Srivastava, Ms. Sugandha Batra, Mr. Chandan Kumar, Mr. Prateek Khanna, Dr. (mrs. ) Vipin Gupta, Mr. Niraj Sharma, Mr. Rahul Narayan

ORDER :

C.A. No. 974 of 2012:

The matter has been placed before this Bench of three Judges pursuant to order dated 24th January, 2012 which is as follows :

“In view of some divergence of views expressed in the two judgments delivered today by us, the matter may be placed before Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India for constituting a larger Bench to resolve the divergence.”

2. Appointment of arbitrator in a dispute arising out of execution of a 'works contract' was the subject-matter for consideration before the High Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

3. Appellants raised objection that the matter being covered by a special State Act, namely, M.P. Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 (“M.P. Act”, in short), the application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 could not be entertained. The High Court, however, overruled the said objection relying upon the judgment of this Court in Va Tech Escher Wyass Flovel Ltd. v. MPSE Board & Another, (2011) 13 SCC 261.

4. When the matter was considered by a Bench of this Court on 24th January, 2012 (order reported in Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority and Anr. v. L.G. Chaudhary En

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2018 Supreme(SC) 578

ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, UDAY UMESH LALITMadhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority – AppellantVersusL. G. Chaudhary Engineers & Contractors – Respondent

ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, UDAY UMESH LALIT
Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority – Appellant
Versus
L. G. Chaudhary Engineers & Contractors – Respondent