Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 · Chapter IX
Section 37: Appealable orders
(1) [Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, an appeal] shall lie from the following orders (and from no others) to the Court authorised by law to hear appeals from original decrees of the Court passing the order, namely:—
[(a) refusing to refer the parties to arbitration under section 8;
(b) granting or refusing to grant any measure under section 9;
(c) setting aside or refusing to set aside an arbitral award under section 34.]
(2) Appeal shall also lie to a court from an order of the arbitral tribunal—
(a) accepting the plea referred to in sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 16; or
(b) granting or refusing to grant an interim measure under section 17.
(3) No second appeal shall lie from an order passed in appeal under this section, but nothing in this section shall affect or take away any right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 16 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 37
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Mitc Rolling Mills Private Limited and Anr. v. M/S Renuka Realtors and Ors.
Whether an order rejecting the plaint u/Or.VII r.11 of the CPC is appealable u/s.13(1A) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.
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MMTC Limited v. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt. Limited
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in not entertaining the objections filed by the appellant u/s.47 CPC and in dismissing the same; and whether at least prima facie the case of breach of fiduciary duty has…
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. M/S G & T Beckfield Drilling Services Pvt. Ltd.
Whether Clause 18.1 of the agreement proscribed payment of pendente lite interest on the sum awarded.
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Geojit Financial Services Ltd. v. Sandeep Gurav
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant on the ground that the appellant had not filed the arbitration petition u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 within…
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Authority & Anr v. L.G. Chaudhary Engineers & Contractors
1. Whether an arbitral award rendered under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter “Act, 1996”), where the arbitration proceedings ought to have been governed by the M.P. Madhyastham Adhikaran…
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M/S Interstate Construction v. National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd.
Issue arose whether the Division Bench of High Court was justified setting aside the directions related to pendente lite interest, holding that it was not open for the arbitral tribunal to have carved out three periods…
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M/S Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. & Anr. v. M/S Bansal Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
Appellants issued work order to 1st respondent for construction of flats and paid advance. Bank guarantee equivalent to the advance money was furnished by 1st respondent to secure the amount. When the work got delayed…
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INSC 1066 and SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Krish Spinning,
Whether an arbitral tribunal has the authority or power to implead or join a non-signatory to the arbitration agreement as a party to the arbitration proceedings.
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Gayatri Balasamy v. M/s ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited
In ‡M. Hakeem and Anr.’s case, this Court held that while exercising powers u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a Court hearing the petition had no power to “modify” the Award, whereas other benches of…
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Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited v. Software Technology Parks of India
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the Division Bench of High Court upholding the arbitral award.
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M/s Chithra Woods Manors Welfare Association v. Shaji Augustine
Whether the Respondent-alleged contemnor is guilty of civil contempt for non-compliance of the directions issued by this Court vide Order dated 07.11.2022.
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Larsen and Toubro Limited v. Puri Construction Pvt. Ltd. and Others
In petition u/s.34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Single Judge had set aside the Arbitral Award. Division Bench in appeal thereagainst u/s.37, Arbitration Act by way of the impugned judgment, inter alia upheld…
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Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Ltd. & Anr. v. M/S Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
The High Court rejected the Interim Application No. 11269 of 2024 filed by the petitioner herein u/s.5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 and thereby declined to condone the delay of 301 days in filing the main appeal…
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M/S R. K. Transport Company v. M/S Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd. (Balco)
Matter pertains to the applicability of s.12 of the Limitation Act to proceedings u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; and whether the application filed by the respondent u/s.34 was barred by limitation.
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Inder Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Whether the High Court was justified in condoning the delay in filing the Second Appeal.
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Rahul Verma & Ors. v. Rampat Lal Verma & Ors.
Issue arose whether the legal heirs of a deceased partner in a partnership firm, being non-signatories to the partnership deed and in the absence of their explicit consent, can still be bound by the arbitration…
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Ac Chokshi Share Broker Private Limited v. Jatin Pratap Desai & Anr.
If a wife owes a stock market debt, can the registered stock broker invoke arbitration against her husband under BSE Bye-Laws, 1957 and hold him jointly and severally liable for debt based on an oral agreement.
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M/s C & C Constructions Ltd. v. IRCON International Ltd.
Matter pertains to the order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, dismissing an appeal u/s.37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, holding that the requirement of clause 49.5 was never waived by the…
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Somdatt Builders-Ncc-Nec(Jv) v. National Highways Authority of India & Ors.
Issue arose as regards correctness of the judgment of the Division Bench setting aside the arbitral award u/s.37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
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My Preferred Transformation & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. M/S Faridabad Implements Pvt. Ltd.
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the petition filed by the appellants u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as barred by time; whether the provisions of Limitation Act, 1963 apply to…
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Opg Power Generation Private Limited v. Enexio Power Cooling Solutions India Private Limited & Anr.
Issue arose as to whether the arbitral award is in conflict with the public policy of India, or/and is vitiated by patent illegality appearing on the face of the award; whether the holding company could have been…
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Bombay Slum Redevelopment Corporation Private Limited v. Samir Narain Bhojwani
In the instant case, issue revolves around the power of the Appellate Court dealing with the appeal under Section 37(1)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to pass an order of remand to Section 34 Court.
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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. v. Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd.
(i) Whether the curative petition is maintainable; and (ii) Whether this Court (two-judge Bench) was justified in restoring the arbitral award which had been set aside by the Division Bench of the High Court on the…
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S.V. Samudram v. State of Karnataka & Anr
The Civil Judge modified the award passed by the Arbitrator reducing the amount awarded as also interest thereupon, i.e., Rs.14,68,239/- @ 18% to only 25% of the tender amount which equals to Rs.3,71,564/- and the…
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M/S Unibros v. All India Radio
Arbitral award in question if in conflict with the public policy of India and; whether a claim on account of loss of profit is liable to succeed merely on the ground that there has been d elay in the execution of the…
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Batliboi Environmental Engineers Limited v. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Another
Whether the Division Bench of the High Court was justified in allowing the appeal filed by the respondents u/s. 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and thereby setting aside the arbitral award.
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