EAST INDIA HOTELS LIMITED Vs. AGRA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave is granted.

(2.) In these appeals by special leave, appellant has assailed the judgment dated 1-10-1999 of the High Court of Allahabad passed in Civil Revision No. 106 of 1999. The appellant filed an application under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 (for short the 'Act') before Additional Civil Judge, Agra, which was allowed and the disputes between the parties were referred to arbitration. After the proceedings were concluded, the Umpire filed the award before the Court on 13-11-1998, which was made rule of the Court by order dated 25-2-1999. Being aggrieved, the respondent filed a revision petition before the High Court, which was allowed by the order under challenge, on the ground that no notice under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Act was served on the respondent.

(3.) To appreciate the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the parties, it is necessary to refer to the orders passed by the trial Court on different dates :