M/S LION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS MANAGING DIRECTOR OMKAR NATH SHARM S/O H.L.L. SHARMA vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SECRETARY — C.A. No. 8984 - 8985/2017

Summary of C.A. No. 008984-008985/2017 The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order allowing amendment of objections filed three years late in an arbitration dispute and remitted the matter for trial court consideration. While rejecting the State's tardily-raised amendment application as time-barred, the Court clarified that objections to an arbitrator's jurisdiction can be raised under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act even if not raised earlier under Section 16, and overruled contrary observations in the MSP Infrastructure precedent regarding the scope of "public policy of India" in arbitration law. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.