MESSRS ABDULLAH AGENCY, KARACHI vs GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN AND — 1971 PLD 479

Citation: 1971 PLD 479

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: MESSRS ABDULLAH AGENCY, KARACHI vs GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN AND JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Karachi 479

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Noorul Arfin Title:MESSRS ABDULLAH AGENCY, KARACHI vs GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN AND JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 479 Result: Award confirmed Judgment JUDGMENT These are proceedings on an award given by the sole arbitrator, namely, Mr. A. A. Jabbar, Deputy Financial Adviser to the Government of Pakistan, on 27th November 1968, by which a sum of Rs, 1,70,000 was found due and payable by the defendants to the plaintiffs as damages. The case arose out of a contract dated 29th September 1966, by clause 3 of which the Government of Pakistan agreed to deliver to the plaintiff about 100000 tons of rice. Actual delivery was only of 37000 tons of rice. Consequently, the plaintiffs contended that there was breach of contract on the Government's part and the matter was referred to the sole arbitration of Mr. A. A. Jabbar, who found that there was a breach of contract by the Government in failing to deliver the contracted quantity of rice and assessed damages at Rs, 1,70,000. Upon filing of the award in Court, objections thereto were filed by the defendants. At the arguments before me today, the only question canvassed was with regard to the meaning of the word "about" in relation to the quantity of 100000 tons of rice agreed to be delivered by the Govern-ment of Pakistan to the plaintiffs. No other objections were pressed, as all the other findings of the arbitrator are findings of fact. 2. Mr. Shah Jamil Ala m's contention is that the…

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