https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428172 An arbitration referral under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 requires an existing arbitration agreement between the parties. A clause contained only in a proposal signed by one side was not enough where the letter of intent executed by both parties merely referred to the proposal and set out work terms without adopting the arbitration clause. The later purchase order also referred to earlier correspondence but did not itself contain an arbitration clause. Mere reference to prior documents does not incorporate an arbitration clause unless the executed document expressly adopts it and shows consensus ad idem. en-us Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428172 An arbitration referral under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 requires an existing arbitration agreement between the parties. A clause contained only in a proposal signed by one side was not enough where the letter of intent executed by both parties merely referred to the proposal and set out work terms without adopting the arbitration clause. The later purchase order also referred to earlier correspondence but did not itself contain an arbitration clause. Mere reference to prior documents does not incorporate an arbitration clause unless the executed document expressly adopts it and shows consensus ad idem. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428172