https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=1685 An arbitration clause can survive completion of the main contract where the dispute arises from a continuing contractual obligation, including responsibility to bear or reimburse tax liabilities. The tribunal reference was therefore available for the tax dispute because the obligation was not exhausted by final payment. At the Section 11 stage, a court may refuse appointment only if the claim is clearly dead or patently time-barred; on these facts, the dispute arose only after income-tax notices created an additional burden, so it was treated as live and not evidently barred by limitation. Appointment of a sole arbitrator was allowed. en-us Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 08 May 2011 14:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=1685 An arbitration clause can survive completion of the main contract where the dispute arises from a continuing contractual obligation, including responsibility to bear or reimburse tax liabilities. The tribunal reference was therefore available for the tax dispute because the obligation was not exhausted by final payment. At the Section 11 stage, a court may refuse appointment only if the claim is clearly dead or patently time-barred; on these facts, the dispute arose only after income-tax notices created an additional burden, so it was treated as live and not evidently barred by limitation. Appointment of a sole arbitrator was allowed. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=1685