Overview

• Infrastructure departments must submit year- and award-wise records of all arbitration disputes above ₹1 crore from the past 20 years
• Payments on arbitration awards against the government are blocked until all appeals are exhausted and Law Department clearance is secured
• All new PWD contracts no longer include arbitration clauses, requiring future disputes to be settled exclusively in court
• Chief Minister has directed the Anti-Corruption Branch to probe irregularities in the Barapullah Phase III arbitration case
• Officials expect the audit to reveal systemic flaws in dispute handling, prompting structural reforms in contract enforcement