Case of Eminent Colonizers Private Limited vs Rajasthan Housing Board, SC Judgement Dated 4th February 2026. The apex court emphasize the doctrinal difference between ‘precedent’ and ‘res judicata’, it has held that once a court exercising powers under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, appoints an arbitrator under the pre-amendment framework and the order attains finality, the finding on the existence and validity of the arbitration agreement binds the parties in subsequent stages, and cannot be revisited under Section 34.