JUDGEMENT

J. B. PARDIWALA, J.:

For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts: -

INDEX A. FACTUAL MATRIX ............................................................................................. 3 B. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT ................................... 14 C. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT ............................... 16 D. ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION .................................................................... 18 E. ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 19 i. Whether the execution of a discharge voucher towards the full and final settlement between the parties would operate as a bar to invoke arbitration? ...................... 21 a. Whether the arbitration agreement contained in a substantive contract survives even after the underlying contract is discharged by “accord and satisfaction”? .............. 25 ii. What is the scope and standard of judicial scrutiny that an application under Section 11(6) of the Act, 1996 can be subjected t