HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA

Supreme Court of IndiaJudgment27 November 2019

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The Supreme Court of India decided this matter on 27 November 2019. The registry identifies it as Diary No. 29540/2019. The bench of 3 comprised Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice V. Ramasubramanian.

The disposal recorded by the registry is "Sections 87 and the retrospective repeal of Section 26 struck down as unconstitutional; a…". The record refers to 6 enactments, among them Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. 6 statutory provisions are noted on the record.

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Court	Supreme Court of India
Record type	Judgment
Diary number	Diary No. 29540/2019
Date of decision	27 November 2019
Decision year	2019
Bench	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Petitioner	HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
Respondent	UNION OF INDIA
Disposal	Sections 87 and the retrospective repeal of Section 26 struck down as unconstitutional; amendments declared invalid
Reporting	reportable
Acts	Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Companies Act, 2013 Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 National Highways Act, 1956 NITI Aayog Office Memorandum No.14070/14/2016-PPPAU
Sections	Section 26 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 Section 87 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 Section 3(7), 3(8), 3(11), 3(23)(g) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Section 2(20), 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013 Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956
Provisions on CourtMesh	Section 87, The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

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