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Supreme Court of India

Vidya Drolia and Others v. Durga Trading Corporation

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Bench N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 14 December 2020

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: (Justice Banumathi) “20…Since the dispute between the parties arose in 2016, the amended provision of sub-section (6-A) of Section 11 shall govern the issue, as per which the power of the Court is confined only to examine the existence of the arbitration agreement.” Justice Kurian Joseph) “.

Judgment, page 163

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 8 and 11 – Jurisdiction under – Judicial review – Scope and ambit of – Held: Per Sanjiv Khanna, J. – Scope of judicial review and jurisdiction of the Court u/s. 8 and 11 is identical, but extremely limited and restricted – The court may interfere at the stage of jurisdiction u/ss. 8 and 11, when it is manifestly and ex facie certain that the arbitration agreement is non-existent, invalid or the disputes are non-arbitrable – The court can not interfere and refer the matter for arbitration when contentions relating to non-arbitrability are plainly…

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Of those, 6 relied on · 10 referred to

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