https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194226 A supplemental agreement that referred back to the principal agreement and dealt only with selected terms was treated as an amendment, not a novation. The principal agreement therefore remained in force, and its arbitration clause survived. Because the dispute fell within that arbitration agreement and no ground such as nullity, inoperability, or incapability of performance was shown, the judicial forum was required to refer the matter to arbitration under Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The statutory nature of the oppression and mismanagement petition did not displace that mandatory referral. en-us Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:17:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194226 A supplemental agreement that referred back to the principal agreement and dealt only with selected terms was treated as an amendment, not a novation. The principal agreement therefore remained in force, and its arbitration clause survived. Because the dispute fell within that arbitration agreement and no ground such as nullity, inoperability, or incapability of performance was shown, the judicial forum was required to refer the matter to arbitration under Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The statutory nature of the oppression and mismanagement petition did not displace that mandatory referral. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194226