RAJENDRA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY vs MAHARASHTRA HOUSING& AREA DEV.AUTH.

The Supreme Court upheld the appeals filed by the Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) against the decrees of the Civil Judge in Special Civil Suit Nos. 265 and 266 of 1991. The Court emphasized that the claims made by Rajendra Construction Company (RCC) were not properly substantiated and that the arbitration clause under Section 21 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 was not invoked correctly. The Court held that the High Court's decision to set aside the decrees was justified, leading to the dismissal of RCC's claims for additional payments.