Interior's India vs Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd.

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

2007 Supreme(Online)(Del) 1

DELHI HIGH COURT
, J
Interior's India – Appellant
Versus
Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. – Respondent

Table of Content
1. background details about the petitioner's business and agreements. (Para 1)
2. claims and disputes over bank guarantees. (Para 2 , 3)
3. court's analysis on invocation of bank guarantees. (Para 4 , 7 , 10 , 11)
4. arguments from the petitioner's side regarding bank guarantees. (Para 5 , 6)
5. discussing the applicability of arbitration agreement. (Para 8 , 9)
6. discussion on economic duress and court’s refusal to grant an injunction. (Para 12 , 13)
7. final dismissal of the petition. (Para 14 , 15)

1. The petitioner is a proprietorship concern and is running its business of interior decoration with its office at 3244, Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi. On 22nd July, 2003, the petitioner was awarded a work for interior and partition as stipulated in the order No. CPP / 161 / T / 060. This work was awarded by respondent No. 1 on back to back contract awarded by respondent No. 2 to respondent No. 1 under tender No. DLH / CIVIL / SCOPE / INTERIOR / 02 for civil interior / partitioning, electrical, air conditioning, fire fighting system / EPABX network and structured cabling / Access control and other misc. work for its office premises stipulated at Scope Minor, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi. T