Can SC Entertain Application For Making Arbitral Award As Rule Of The Court If It Retains Seisin Over Arbitral Proceedings? Question Referred To Larger Bench [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, referred to a larger bench the question: “Whether this Court can entertain an application for making the award as Rule of the Court, even if it retains seisin over arbitral proceedings?”In the case at hand, the Court had, in January, 2013, referred the issue between the State of Jharkhand and Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. (HCC) for adjudication to retd....