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Service of copy of arbitral award on agent/ lawyer not amount to service on party itself – SC
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- Benarsi Krishna Committee & Ors. Vs. Karmyogi Shelters Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court of india)
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- Supreme Court of India
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The view taken in Pushpa Devi Bhagat’s case (supra) is in relation to the authority given to an Advocate to act on behalf of a party to a proceeding in the proceedings itself, which cannot stand satisfied where a provision such as Section 31(5) of the 1996 Act is concerned. The said provision clearly indicates that a signed copy of the Award has to be delivered to the party.
Accordingly, when a copy of the signed Award is not delivered to the party himself, it would not amount to compliance with the provisions of Section 31(5) of the Act. The other decision cited by Mr. Ranjit Kumar in Nilak...
