https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108951 Relief under Article 226 is unavailable to compel a public sector contracting party to refer additional contractual disputes to arbitration when those disputes fall outside the existing arbitration agreement. Arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 depends on party consent, and an arbitral tribunal derives jurisdiction only from that agreement or a lawful reference under the Act. In a pure contractual dispute, the duty to refer further claims to arbitration is not a public duty merely because one party is a State instrumentality, so mandamus cannot be used to force such reference or to direct the tribunal to decide those matters. en-us Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:08:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108951 Relief under Article 226 is unavailable to compel a public sector contracting party to refer additional contractual disputes to arbitration when those disputes fall outside the existing arbitration agreement. Arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 depends on party consent, and an arbitral tribunal derives jurisdiction only from that agreement or a lawful reference under the Act. In a pure contractual dispute, the duty to refer further claims to arbitration is not a public duty merely because one party is a State instrumentality, so mandamus cannot be used to force such reference or to direct the tribunal to decide those matters. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108951