Supreme Court Allows Collaborator's Arbitration Request Despite No Privity of Contract — Joint Undertaking Makes Collaborator Veritable Party to Arbitration Agreement. The collaborator, though a non-signatory to the main contract, was held entitled to invoke the arbitration clause due to the Deed of Joint Undertaking and subsequent conduct of the employer....
The dispute arose from a contract for installing a Coal Handling Plant Package for the Nabinagar Thermal Power Project. The employer, Respondents, awarded the contract to a contractor, who collaborate...
