'Shocked & Surprised' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Bihar Legal Department For 'Misadventure' Of Filing Suit Against Arbitration Award
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'Shocked & Surprised' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Bihar Legal Department For 'Misadventure' Of Filing Suit Against Arbitration Award

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The Supreme Court recently came down heavily on the legal department of the State of Bihar for instituting a wholly non-maintainable legal proceedings. "We are not dealing with a person having lack of knowledge of law but the State of Bihar having large legal department working for it", a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul remarked while dismissing a special leave petition filed by. "We are not dealing with a person having lack of knowledge of law but the State of Bihar having large legal department working for it", a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul remarked while dismissing a special leave petition filed by the Bihar Government. The Supreme Court heavily criticized the legal department for instituting the suit proceedings despite the same were clearly barred as per the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

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