1987 (12) TMI 323

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....rt was delivered by SABYASACHI MUKHARJI, J. This is a petition for leave to appeal against the judgment and order of the High Court dismissing an appeal from the order of the learned Subordinate Judge dismissing a challenge to the award. This is an unreasoned award. The petitioners challenge the award made in this case and ask for leave in view of the order passed by this Court on 16th July, 1986 ....

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....self and the proceedings and the award did not allow or reject the counter claim made by the appellants and further that the award of interest with effect from a date prior to the date of reference is bad in law. The High Court in its judgment had gone into all these aspects but it appears from the order of the High Court that this point of unreasoned award though taken in the petition of appeal w....

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.... even if unreasoned award be bad, such award of ancient vintage be bad. That would be a matter of grave consequence. In that view of the matter we are not inclined to interfere with the order of the High Court in this case. In the facts and circumstances of this particular case and the features mentioned hereinbefore, we declined to refer the matter to the Constitution Bench. We must note that the....