https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104893 A court approached under sections 8 or 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 may itself decide threshold matters such as the existence of an arbitration agreement, the existence of a dispute, excepted matters and limitation, even though jurisdictional objections may also arise before the arbitrator under section 16(1). The note examines whether an order by the Chief Justice or nominee under section 11 on such preliminary issues is administrative or judicial in nature, and highlights the practical effect of treating it as administrative, including delay and multiplicity of proceedings. The papers were directed to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders, and the question was left for reconsideration. en-us Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104893 A court approached under sections 8 or 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 may itself decide threshold matters such as the existence of an arbitration agreement, the existence of a dispute, excepted matters and limitation, even though jurisdictional objections may also arise before the arbitrator under section 16(1). The note examines whether an order by the Chief Justice or nominee under section 11 on such preliminary issues is administrative or judicial in nature, and highlights the practical effect of treating it as administrative, including delay and multiplicity of proceedings. The papers were directed to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders, and the question was left for reconsideration. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104893