https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108263 At the section 11 referral stage under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, contentious questions on the existence or validity of an arbitration agreement are not finally to be decided by the Chief Justice or his designate; those objections fall within the arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction under section 16. The Court also treated the dispute arising from the tender documents and exchanged correspondence as one that had to be referred to arbitration, because the incorporation of the arbitration clause itself was disputed. The refusal to refer the matter was set aside, and the case was remitted for constitution of the arbitral tribunal and reference of the dispute. en-us Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108263 At the section 11 referral stage under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, contentious questions on the existence or validity of an arbitration agreement are not finally to be decided by the Chief Justice or his designate; those objections fall within the arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction under section 16. The Court also treated the dispute arising from the tender documents and exchanged correspondence as one that had to be referred to arbitration, because the incorporation of the arbitration clause itself was disputed. The refusal to refer the matter was set aside, and the case was remitted for constitution of the arbitral tribunal and reference of the dispute. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108263