Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Arbitration Appointment Case — High Court's Referral to Arbitration Set Aside for Lack of Arbitration Agreement. Court holds that under Section 11(6A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the court must confine itself to examining the existence of an arbitration agreement and cannot refer disputes to arbitration where no valid arbitration clause exists between the parties....
The Supreme Court considered appeals against a common judgment of the Delhi High Court which had referred disputes to arbitration and appointed a sole arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration...
