https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293684 An arbitration clause printed on a bill of lading can bind the parties where the document expressly incorporates all its printed terms and the reference to those terms is sufficiently clear under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement must be in writing but need not be signed, and that a party cannot rely on the bill of lading for its claim while rejecting the incorporated arbitration clause. The pendency of the suit at the evidence stage did not bar a Section 8 application. The clause was therefore treated as part of the contract and the dispute was referred to arbitration. en-us Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293684 An arbitration clause printed on a bill of lading can bind the parties where the document expressly incorporates all its printed terms and the reference to those terms is sufficiently clear under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement must be in writing but need not be signed, and that a party cannot rely on the bill of lading for its claim while rejecting the incorporated arbitration clause. The pendency of the suit at the evidence stage did not bar a Section 8 application. The clause was therefore treated as part of the contract and the dispute was referred to arbitration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293684