1961 (9) TMI 93
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....by the petitioner the respondent. Thereupon, the matter was referred to arbitration in England and the award was given on 25-2-1953, according to which the respondent-Company was entitled to get &325 and 7 Shillings from the petitioner. Further &42 were assessed as costs and fees of the award, which amount was also to be paid by the petitioner. Since no payment was made to the respondent, they filed the present application in the Court to the Subordinate Judge, 1st Class, Delhi, under section 6 of the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act and section 17 of the Indian Arbitration Act for the enforcement of the foreign award. The petitioner raised a preliminary objection that the award was inadmissible in evidence, having not been duly st....
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....cuted out of India on or after that day, relates to any property situate, or to any matter or thing done or to be done, in India and is received in India". The question arises whether this award, which is, admittedly, not a bill of exchange or a promissory-note, and was executed out of India and is received in India, relates to any property situate in India or to any matter or thing done or to be done in India. It is undisputed that it does not relate to any property situate in India. Does it relates to any matter or thing done or to be done in India? In my opinion, it does, because, in the first instance, it has to be filed in a Court situate in India and has to be made a rule of the Court. After that the petitioning-Company, which i....