https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468289 A valid arbitration agreement under the Arbitration Act, 1940 required a written clause showing mutual consent to submit disputes to arbitration; clauses that merely contemplated reference to arbitration or provided a separate administrative dispute mechanism did not satisfy that test, and a statutory power could not impose arbitration without agreement. Objections to the award were treated as timely when raised in response to the filing application and could challenge the existence of the arbitration agreement. On merits, a party that accepted tender conditions could not later seek to alter the concluded bargain, and an award founded on an invalid reference was unsustainable. en-us Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:39:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468289 A valid arbitration agreement under the Arbitration Act, 1940 required a written clause showing mutual consent to submit disputes to arbitration; clauses that merely contemplated reference to arbitration or provided a separate administrative dispute mechanism did not satisfy that test, and a statutory power could not impose arbitration without agreement. Objections to the award were treated as timely when raised in response to the filing application and could challenge the existence of the arbitration agreement. On merits, a party that accepted tender conditions could not later seek to alter the concluded bargain, and an award founded on an invalid reference was unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468289