Automatic stay on arbitral awards the moment they are challenged under Section 34 of the 1996 Act, if they pertained to arbitral proceedings commenced before October 23, 2015, i.e. the date of enactment of (Amendment)Act, 2015

Citation

AIROnline 2019 SC 2716

SUPREME COURT

R. F. NARIMAN , J. and SURYA KANT , J. and V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN , J.

W.P.(C) No. - 1074 of 2019 D/- 27 - 11 - 2019

Hindustan Construction Company Limited and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act (26 of 1996), S.87, S.36 (as Inserted By (amendment) Act (2019)

- (as Amended By (amendment) Act Of 2015) Constitutional validity of S. 87 and repealing S.

26 of 2015 Amendment Act - Section 87 contemplated automatic stay on arbitral awards the

moment they are challenged under Section 34 of the 1996 Act, if they pertained to arbitral

proceedings commenced before October 23, 2015, i.e. the date of enactment of (Amendment)

Act, 2015 - Mischief of the old Section 36 of the 1996 Act as regards automatic stay had been

remedied after a period of more than 19 years by way of the 2015 Amendment Act, and now

enactment of Section 87 to the 1996 Act would mean working in a reverse direction - S. 87

strucked down as manifestly arbitrary and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

 (Para 72) 

Cases Referred Chronological Paras

(2018) 6 SCC 287

(2018) 1 SCC 353

(2013) 1 SCC 641

2004 1 SCC 540

(2005) 2 SCC 367

(2009) 17 SCC 796

(2012) 1 SCC 302

2013 SCC Online Bom 481

(1972) 1 SCC 702

(1981) 4 SCC 634

(2014) 1 Arb LR 512 (Bom)

(2015) 3 SCC 49 : (2015) 2 SCC (Civ) 204

1994 Supp (1) SCC 644

(2014) 9 SCC 263

(2003) 5 SCC 705

(2018) 12 SCC 471

(1969) 2 SCC 283

(1997) 1 SCC 326

(1963) 2 SCR 747 : AIR 1962 SC 1753

(1968) 3 SCR 41 : AIR 1968 SC 1138

(1973) 3 SCC 585 : 1973 SCC (Tax) 300

(1975) 2 SCC 302

(1985) 4 SCC 124

1987 Supp SCC 751

1984 Supp SCC 490 : 1985 SCC (Tax) 63

(1994) 6 SCC 77

1

© Copyright with AIR Infotech & All India Reporte