(1.) These civil appeals are directed against the judg ment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court of Judicature at Jabalpur delivered in Miscellaneous Appeal Nos. 479/1996 and 501/1996 dated 1st December, 1999.
(2.) The legal issue involved in these appeals is :
(3.) Brief facts which are necessary to dispose of these appeals are as under :- In the present case, the respondent/contractor had demanded arbitration as per clause 64 of the General Conditions of the Contract and had raised five claims.