Offshore Infrastructures Ltd vs M/S Bharat Petroleum Corporation ...

insc-2025-1196 Supreme Court of India 7 October 2025 • 15 min read
11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign) Cited by 1 case

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Offshore Infrastructures Ltd vs M/S Bharat Petroleum Corporation ... is a Supreme Court of India decision dated October 7, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1196). Appellant challenged the High Court's dismissal of its application for appointment of an arbitrator as time-barred in a dispute over a refinery construction contract. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding the limitation period must exclude the COVID-19 period (March 2020 to February 2022) as directed by the Supreme Court, and referred the matter to DIAC for arbitrator appointment. The bench comprised Justices Augustine George Masih and Dipankar Datta. The judgment was delivered by Justice Augustine George Masih.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 11 case citations.

Summary

Appellant challenged the High Court's dismissal of its application for appointment of an arbitrator as time-barred in a dispute over a refinery construction contract. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding the limitation period must exclude the COVID-19 period (March 2020 to February 2022) as directed by the Supreme Court, and referred the matter to DIAC for arbitrator appointment.

What was the outcome of Offshore Infrastructures Ltd vs M/S Bharat Petroleum Corporation ...?

Appellant challenged the High Court's dismissal of its application for appointment of an arbitrator as time-barred in a dispute over a refinery construction contract. The Supreme Court allowed the app...

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(1988) 2 SCC 338 (1997) 9 SCC 97 (2017) 4 SCC 665 (2017) 8 SCC 377 (2018) 14 SCC 265 (2018) 4 SCC (Civ) 612 (2020) 14 SCC 643 (2020) 20 SCC 760 (2022) 3 SCC 117 (2024) 5 SCC 313 2025 INSC 1196

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