https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160434 A contractual clause making the decision of a named engineer or managing director final and binding on specified matters is not, by itself, an arbitration agreement. The Court held that such clauses reflected expert or administrative determination, not a reference of disputes to a tribunal required to hear both sides and adjudicate in a quasi-judicial manner. Because the clauses did not evince an intention to submit disputes to arbitration, no independent arbitrator could be appointed under Section 8 of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940, and the application was misconceived. en-us Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160434 A contractual clause making the decision of a named engineer or managing director final and binding on specified matters is not, by itself, an arbitration agreement. The Court held that such clauses reflected expert or administrative determination, not a reference of disputes to a tribunal required to hear both sides and adjudicate in a quasi-judicial manner. Because the clauses did not evince an intention to submit disputes to arbitration, no independent arbitrator could be appointed under Section 8 of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940, and the application was misconceived. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160434