Union Of India & Anr vs M/S. Deepak Electric & Trading Co. & Anr

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Delhi High Court regarding the time-bar of objections filed by the Union of India against an arbitration award under the Arbitration Act, 1940. The Court clarified that under Section 79 of the Code of Civil Procedure, only the Union of India needs to be a party in such proceedings, and the Executive Engineer does not need to be served with notice for the limitation period to commence. The Court affirmed that the objections were time-barred as the Executive Engineer was deemed to have knowledge of the award filing, thus dismissing the appeal.