The division bench, however, found that the booking note was the final agreement and had consciously altered several terms contained in the earlier fixture recap.
It further noted that the booking note expressly stated that its terms would “prevail over any previous arrangements”.
The Court held that once parties reduce their agreement to a clear, written and signed contract, prior negotiations and correspondence cannot be relied upon to contradict, vary, add to or subtract from its terms.
“The parties specifically chose to incorporate only Clauses 20 to 41 and thus only the same shall apply,” it ruled.