https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105073 A valid arbitration agreement, coupled with a Section 8 request made before the first substantive statement, requires the judicial authority to refer the parties to arbitration and not retain the suit merely because the agreement is disputed. The court also noted that the defendant had not waived the right to invoke arbitration. Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies Act did not suspend the suit because the proceedings were not of the class specifically protected by that provision. The operative effect was that arbitration was to proceed and the suspension request failed. en-us Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105073 A valid arbitration agreement, coupled with a Section 8 request made before the first substantive statement, requires the judicial authority to refer the parties to arbitration and not retain the suit merely because the agreement is disputed. The court also noted that the defendant had not waived the right to invoke arbitration. Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies Act did not suspend the suit because the proceedings were not of the class specifically protected by that provision. The operative effect was that arbitration was to proceed and the suspension request failed. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105073