https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776740 A party that voluntarily accepted a compromise decree founded on an arbitral award, and induced the other side to act on that arrangement, cannot later repudiate it by alleging non-arbitrability and treating the award and decree as void. The SC applied the principle that a litigant cannot approbate and reprobate, and held that estoppel by conduct can bar a challenge even when framed as one to the legal validity of the underlying arrangement, where the opposing party altered its position in reliance on the compromise. The respondents were therefore estopped from disputing the compromise decree, and relief followed for the appellants. en-us Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776740 A party that voluntarily accepted a compromise decree founded on an arbitral award, and induced the other side to act on that arrangement, cannot later repudiate it by alleging non-arbitrability and treating the award and decree as void. The SC applied the principle that a litigant cannot approbate and reprobate, and held that estoppel by conduct can bar a challenge even when framed as one to the legal validity of the underlying arrangement, where the opposing party altered its position in reliance on the compromise. The respondents were therefore estopped from disputing the compromise decree, and relief followed for the appellants. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776740