https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199697 A dispute over recovery of wages from a contractor's bill, arising from statutory wage-payment obligations, was held outside the scope of the contract's arbitration clause because the matter was governed by the wage-payment regime and labour authorities' determinations rather than a purely contractual controversy. Arbitration also could not be imposed on persons who were not parties to the arbitration agreement, even though they had been impleaded in the suit, because consent remains essential to arbitral jurisdiction. The court therefore set aside the reference to arbitration. en-us Wed, 21 Feb 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:27:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199697 A dispute over recovery of wages from a contractor's bill, arising from statutory wage-payment obligations, was held outside the scope of the contract's arbitration clause because the matter was governed by the wage-payment regime and labour authorities' determinations rather than a purely contractual controversy. Arbitration also could not be imposed on persons who were not parties to the arbitration agreement, even though they had been impleaded in the suit, because consent remains essential to arbitral jurisdiction. The court therefore set aside the reference to arbitration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Feb 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199697