LAWS(DLH)-1984-5-40

VED PRAKASH MITTAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On May 28, 1984
VED PRAKASH MITTAL Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) JUDGMENT

(2.) THE plaintiff Ved Prakash Mittal entered into an agreement for the construction of Government Higher Secondary School (Scheme II-A) at Tulsi Nagar, Phase II. THE agreement contained the following arbitration clause: "Clause 25 :

(3.) THE view that we are taking here is supported by the decision of the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Prafulla Kumar Sanyal, A.I.R. 1979 S.C. 1457. In that case the clause required that the arbitrator shall be appointed by the President. THE President did not appoint the arbitrator. THE Court, therefore, made this order :