Mp Rural Road Dev. Authority And Anr vs M/S. L.G. Chaudhary Engineers And Cont

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of the Madhya Pradesh Madhyasthan Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 in light of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court held that the provisions of the M.P. Act, particularly Section 7, which mandates referral of disputes to an Arbitration Tribunal, remain valid and enforceable despite the existence of the A.C. Act 1996. The judgment clarified that the statutory framework of the M.P. Act does not conflict with the central legislation, thereby upholding the referral mechanism established under the state law.