https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181646 Supplementary agreements can modify an original arbitration clause and require the parties to follow a different dispute-resolution sequence before any inter se arbitration arises. Where the amended contract obliges the parties to first pursue claims jointly through a third-party mechanism, arbitration between them becomes contingent on residual disputes surviving that process. On that basis, a Section 11(6) application for appointment of an arbitrator was premature while the contractual mechanism with SCOPE still had to be exhausted, and the appointment order was set aside. The court also directed that the final bill process be completed promptly so that any surviving disputes could then proceed to arbitration if necessary. en-us Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:25:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181646 Supplementary agreements can modify an original arbitration clause and require the parties to follow a different dispute-resolution sequence before any inter se arbitration arises. Where the amended contract obliges the parties to first pursue claims jointly through a third-party mechanism, arbitration between them becomes contingent on residual disputes surviving that process. On that basis, a Section 11(6) application for appointment of an arbitrator was premature while the contractual mechanism with SCOPE still had to be exhausted, and the appointment order was set aside. The court also directed that the final bill process be completed promptly so that any surviving disputes could then proceed to arbitration if necessary. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181646