https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186663 A labour escalation claim ceased to be arbitrable once the contractor accepted the Government's quantified offer in writing as full and final settlement, received payment, and expressly withdrew the claim in the suit. The Court treated this conduct as accord and satisfaction, meaning the dispute no longer subsisted as an arbitration controversy under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940. A later challenge to the correctness of the settled amount could not reopen a claim that had already been concluded by settlement. en-us Fri, 04 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:40:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186663 A labour escalation claim ceased to be arbitrable once the contractor accepted the Government's quantified offer in writing as full and final settlement, received payment, and expressly withdrew the claim in the suit. The Court treated this conduct as accord and satisfaction, meaning the dispute no longer subsisted as an arbitration controversy under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940. A later challenge to the correctness of the settled amount could not reopen a claim that had already been concluded by settlement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=186663