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Deccan Paper Mills Co. Ltd. v. Regency Mahavir Properties & Ors.

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Bench R. F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 19 August 2020

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What the Court ordered

Given this finding of law, it is clear that the judgments of the District Court and the High Court in this case need no interference. This appeal, therefore, stands dismissed.

Judgment, 26

From the headnote

Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.8 – Cancellation of written instrument u/s.31, 1963 Act – Arbitrability of – Agreement between appellant and respondent no.2 to develop a portion of the land owned by appellant – Respondent no.2 assigned the execution thereof to respondent no.1 vide another agreement containing arbitration clause – This was followed by a deed of confirmation – Appellant filed suit, alleging fraud by respondent no.3 (representing himself to be authorized partner of respondent no.1), inter alia for declaring the aforesaid agreements to be null and void – Relying on the arbitration clause, respondent no.1 filed application u/s.8 for referring the parties to arbitration…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 referred to · 3 mentioned

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