H.P.Housing & Urban Devt.Auth. Vs. Ranjit Singh Rana
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Head Note
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 37
The word 'payment' means extinguishment of liability arising under the award. It signifies satisfaction of the award. The deposit of the award amount into the Court is nothing but a payment to the credit of the decreeholder. In this view, once the award amount was deposited by the appellants before the High Court on May 24, 2001, the liability of post-award interest from May 24, 2024 ceased. The High Court, thus, was not right in directing the appellants to pay the interest @ 18% p.a. beyond May 24, 2001.
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