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19. On the basis of the above judgments, it is submitted by Ms. Rautray that in view of Section 24 of the Act of 2006, the provisions of Section 18 of the Act of 2006 would have an overriding effect over any other law for the time being in force including the A&C Act.

20. It is submitted that Section 10 of the A&C Act will have no application and the same is inconsistent with the provisions of Section 21(1) of the Act of 2006. She submits that in statutory arbitration under the Act of 2006, notice under Section 21 of the A&C Act is not required to be given. Disclosure under Section 12 of the A&C Act is not necessary as the arbitration is being conducted by the Facilitation Council. It is further submitted that there is no merit in the contention that the claim made on account of price escalation cannot be adjudicated by the Facilitation Council while it conducts arbitration proceeding. The appellant had filed written statement on 03.04.2019. The appellant had filed its reply and counter claim dated 03.08.2021 to the rejoinder filed by the respondent No. 2 on 23.11.2020 and the respondent No. 2 had also filed reply to the reply and counter claim filed by the appellant on 24.08.2021.