Eci Engineering & Construction v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
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C.S.No.801 of 2004 Madras High Court; ECI Engineering & Construction Company Limited plaintiff v. Indian Oil Corporation Limited defendant; recovery suit dismissed no costs; excepted matters Clause 2 Clause 14 Clause 17 Works Contract; DGM (Engineering) decision final and binding without appeal; mode of measurement dispute Reading A Reading B marshy soil founding levels; letter dated 22.05.1996 clarification not amendment; letter dated 15.07.1996; Minutes of Meeting 26.07.1996 without prejudice; final bill 26.09.1997 full and final settlement bars further claim; arbitration Award 23.08.2000 dispute not arbitrable; O.P.No.933 of 2000 order 27.03.2003 merits findings set aside petition dismissed; Section 43 Section 43(4) Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 exclusion refused; suit barred by limitation; civil court no jurisdiction over excepted matters; interest denied; unjust enrichment claim rejected; Food Corporation of India v. Sreekanth Transport (1999) 4 SCC 491; General Manager Northern Railway v. Sarvesh Chopra (2002) 4 SCC 45; Vishwanath Sood v. Union of India AIR 1989 SC 952.