https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458159 The M.P. Madhyastam Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 operated as a special enactment creating an exclusive tribunal for disputes arising from works contracts, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 did not displace that statutory forum. A State-controlled society implementing a road-development scheme was treated as a public undertaking for the Adhiniyam's purposes. Consultancy services for supervision, quality control, measurement, inspection, reporting, and progress monitoring of road works were held to be integrally connected with execution of the work and therefore fell within the inclusive definition of a works contract, attracting the Tribunal's jurisdiction rather than general arbitration. en-us Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:29:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458159 The M.P. Madhyastam Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 operated as a special enactment creating an exclusive tribunal for disputes arising from works contracts, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 did not displace that statutory forum. A State-controlled society implementing a road-development scheme was treated as a public undertaking for the Adhiniyam's purposes. Consultancy services for supervision, quality control, measurement, inspection, reporting, and progress monitoring of road works were held to be integrally connected with execution of the work and therefore fell within the inclusive definition of a works contract, attracting the Tribunal's jurisdiction rather than general arbitration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458159