| Chandigarh |
Updated: January 30, 2020 7:24:38 am
Arbitration proceedings in the case are underway since August 2019.
The Army's Northern Command has been ordered to pay an interim compensation of Rs 5.5 crore to a supplier of anti-mine boots, whose payment of Rs 16 crore was withheld by the Command since they were deemed to have been of defective quality.
The sole arbitrator in the case, based in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, ruled earlier this month that the interim award of Rs 5.5 crore must be paid to the supplier — Gee Kay Engineering Industries, based in Batala, Punjab — since the Northern Command had accepted the boots after conducting all due tests.
The arbitrator has also noted that the supplier was facing financial ruin due to the non-payment, as he had taken credit to supply the order of more than 6,000 pairs of anti-mine boots.
Arbitration proceedings in the case are underway since August 2019.
Procured by the Northern Command in 2018, the boots were distributed among units deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) in order to provide protection to soldiers who venture close to the minefields laid along the LoC.
The supplier has contended that it met all requirements as specified in…
