By M R Umarji
Recently, the Delhi High Court blamed public sector undertakings for resorting to litigation with public money challenging arbitration awards. Such arbitration awards normally relate to assessment of the work completed for which a payment is to be made to the contractor or other enterprises undertaking infrastructure projects or other work. Public sector undertakings as a matter of rule challenge such awards by filing petitions in high courts and, in the process, the payment for the work completed gets inordinately delayed. The Delhi High Court observed that this court is inundated by challenges against arbitral awards by public sector undertakings seeking the appreciation of the findings of the arbitrator. Such litigati…
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