Seven non-arbitrable disputes

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17 Aug 2016 12:28 PM GMT

  • Seven non-arbitrable disputes

    In Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. vs. SBI Home Finance Ltd. & Ors. (2011) 5 SCC 532 the Supreme Court carved out six categories of cases which are not capable for being decided by private arbitration under the Arbitration Act even though parties agreed for their settlement through private arbitration.(i) disputes relating to rights and liabilities which give rise to or arise out of...

    In Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. vs. SBI Home Finance Ltd. & Ors. (2011) 5 SCC 532 the Supreme Court carved out six categories of cases which are not capable for being decided by private arbitration under the Arbitration Act even though parties agreed for their settlement through private arbitration.

    (i) disputes relating to rights and liabilities which give rise to or arise out of criminal offences;

    (ii) matrimonial disputes relating to divorce, judicial separation, restitution of conjugal rights, child custody;

    (iii) guardianship matters;

    (iv) insolvency and winding up matters;

    (v) testamentary matters (grant of probate, letters of administration and succession certificate); and

    (vi) eviction or tenancy matters governed by special statutes where the tenant enjoys statutory protection against eviction

    Today, Supreme Court of India in Shri Vimal Kishor Shah Vs Jayesh Dinesh Shah & Ors has added one more category in the list

    (vii), namely, cases arising out of Trust Deed and the Trust Act,

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