Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd vs M/S G And T Beckfield Drilling Services ...

insc-2025-1066 Supreme Court of India 2 September 2025 • CIVIL APPEAL NO. 11324 OF 2025 • 17 min read
15 cases cited (0 SG, 15 foreign) Cited by 1 case

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Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd vs M/S G And T Beckfield Drilling Service... is a Supreme Court of India decision dated September 2, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1066). Arbitration dispute between ONGC and a drilling services contractor regarding an arbitral award granting pendente lite interest. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the contractual clause merely barring interest on delayed payments did not expressly or by necessary implication bar the arbitral tribunal from awarding pendente lite interest under the Arbitration Act. The bench comprised Justices Manoj Misra and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha. The judgment was delivered by Justice Manoj Misra.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 15 case citations.

Summary

Arbitration dispute between ONGC and a drilling services contractor regarding an arbitral award granting pendente lite interest. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the contractual clause merely barring interest on delayed payments did not expressly or by necessary implication bar the arbitral tribunal from awarding pendente lite interest under the Arbitration Act.

What was the outcome of Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd vs M/S G And T Beckfield Drilling Service...?

Arbitration dispute between ONGC and a drilling services contractor regarding an arbitral award granting pendente lite interest. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the contractual cl...

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(1992) 1 SCC 508 (2001) 2 SCC 721 (2009) 12 SCC 26 (2010) 8 SCC 767 (2012) 12 SCC 10 (2015) 9 SCC 695 (2016) 6 SCC 36 (2017) 14 SCC 323 (2018) 9 SCC 266 (2019) 17 SCC 786 (2022) 11 SCC 697 (2024) 10 SCC 715 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2928 2025 INSC 1066 2025 SCC OnLine SC 708

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