1962 (1) TMI 87

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....nce of loan and ₹ 322/- as interest. The petitioner disputed the right of the Society to recover this money and the matter was ultimately referred to arbitration. The arbitrator gave an ex-parte award in favour of the Society for recovery of ₹ 978/- on 30th of November, 1954. Objections preferred against this award were upheld by the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Nawanshahr, on 18th of December, 1959. It was held by the Court that the arbitrator acted with undue haste and failed to observe elementary principles of justice in giving his award without full opportunity being given to the person concerned to place his case before him. The arbitrator, it appears, had not recorded any reasons why he was proceeding ex-parte against t....

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....ard having been set aside by a Court of competent jurisdiction, the respondent Society is precluded from taking any further action on the same cause of action. Reliance has been placed on a Division Bench authority of Bachawat and Malick JJ. in Nalini Mohan Choudhuri v. Malda Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd. . A.I.R 1957 Cal. 23., where it was held that "a valid award made by an arbitrator on reference under section 86 operates to extinguish and merge the claims and disputes referred to arbitration and is final and binding upon the parties. On the making of the award the arbitrator is functus officio with regard to the disputes referred and has no jurisdiction to entertain a second reference and to make a second award in respect of the identica....