Natvarlal Maganlal Amin (Deed. Through ... vs Amin Thakorbhai Maganbhai on 12 February, 1985
There was no question of any agreement between the parties accepting the award either in the case before the Supreme Court or in the case before this Court, but I have referred to these two decisions because the learned trial Judge who has relied upon the decision of this Court in Vithalbhai v. Jagjivan (supra) does not appear to have carefully read this judgment of this Court and has, therefore, not properly understood the ratio of this decision. The learned trial Judge has simply taken into consideration the observations by the Division Bench that the award if not filed in Court is not a scrap of paper. The learned trial Judge, with respect to him, lost sight of the fact that the above observations were made by the Division Bench while dealing with the question whether the award can be set up as a defence or not. It is pertinent to note that the Division Bench has specifically observed that such an award, if not filed in Court, remains valid and if not got rid of, it can well be put up as a defence saying that it bars a suit. This decision of this Court thus does not in any way support the contention that the suit based on an award is maintainable even if the award is not made the rule of the Court.