M/S Icomm Tele Ltd. vs Punjab State Water Supply And Sewerage ...

The Supreme Court addressed the validity of an arbitration clause in a contract between the Punjab State Water Supply & Sewerage Board and the appellant, which required a 10% deposit for invoking arbitration. The Court held that this clause does not amount to a contract of adhesion and is not arbitrary or unreasonable under Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court affirmed the High Court's dismissal of the appellant's writ petitions challenging the clause, emphasizing that it applies equally to both parties and does not infringe upon the principles established in Central Inland Water Transport Corpn. v. Brojo Nath Ganguly, (1986) 3 SCC 156.