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Section 2 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
Section 2 in The Companies Act, 1956 [Entire Act]
Section 21 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
Section 33 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section 21 in The Companies Act, 1956 [Entire Act]
Section 11 in The Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996 [Entire Act]
Benarsi Krishna Commit.& Ors vs Karmyogi Shelters P.Ltd on 21 September, 2012
"15. Having taken note of the submissions advanced on behalf of the
respective parties and having particular regard to the expression "party" as
defined in Section 2(h) of the 1996 Act read with the provisions of Sections
31(5) and 34(3) of the 1996 Act, we are not inclined to interfere with the
decision of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court impugned in these
proceedings. The expression "party" has been amply dealt with in Tecco Trechy
Engineers's case (supra) and also in ARK Builders Pvt. Ltd.'s case (supra),
referred to hereinabove. It is one thing for an Advocate to act and plead on
behalf of a party in a proceeding and it is another for an Advocate to act as the
party himself. The expression "party", as defined in Section 2(h) of the 1996
Act, clearly indicates a person who is a party to an arbitration agreement. The
said definition is not qualified in any way so as to include the agent of the party
to such agreement. Any reference, therefore, made in Section 31(5) and Section
34(2) of the 1996 Act can only mean the party himself and not his or her agent,
or Advocate empowered to act on the basis of a Vakalatnama. In such
circumstances, proper compliance with Section 31(5) would mean delivery of a
signed copy of the Arbitral Award on the party himself and not on his Advocate,
which gives the party concerned the right to proceed under Section 34(3) of the
aforesaid Act."