As per case facts, CPCL awarded a project to NRP, which faced delays. Disputes arose regarding liquidated damages, extra works payments, and other recoveries after NRP issued no-due certificates. NRP ... initiated arbitration, leading to an award. Both parties challenged parts of this award under Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to the High Court. The question arose whether the Arbitrator's findings on 'accord and satisfaction' and 'full and final settlement' were valid, especially when claims of coercion for signing no-due certificates were raised much later. Finally, the High Court upheld the Arbitrator's findings, concluding that the claimant accepted payments without protest, and the coercion argument was an afterthought, thus dismissing both petitions and the connected application.