Civil Suit Objecting Jurisdiction Of Arbitrator Not Maintainable, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

23 Aug 2019 6:20 PM IST

"Any objection with respect to existence or validity of the arbitration agreement, can be raised only by way of an application under Section 16 of the Act and Civil Court cannot have jurisdiction to go into such question."

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a suit for injunction and declaration challenging the jurisdiction of arbitrator is not maintainable.The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice R. Subhash Reddy observed that any objection with respect to existence or validity of the arbitration agreement can be raised only by way of an application under Section 16 of the Arbitration...

Civil Suit Objecting Jurisdiction Of Arbitrator Not Maintainable, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"Any objection with respect to existence or validity of the arbitration agreement, can be raised only by way of an application under Section 16 of the Act and Civil Court cannot have jurisdiction to go into such question."

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