https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108544 Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 applies only when the judicial proceeding concerns a matter covered by an arbitration agreement and the reference application is made in time and in the prescribed manner. The provision does not permit bifurcation of the suit, separation of parties, or referral of only the arbitrable portion to arbitration. Where the suit includes non-arbitrable reliefs or parties not bound by the arbitration clause, the matter is not wholly covered by section 8 and reference cannot be ordered in part. Section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be used to expand section 8 or create a partial-reference procedure not provided by the Act. en-us Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108544 Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 applies only when the judicial proceeding concerns a matter covered by an arbitration agreement and the reference application is made in time and in the prescribed manner. The provision does not permit bifurcation of the suit, separation of parties, or referral of only the arbitrable portion to arbitration. Where the suit includes non-arbitrable reliefs or parties not bound by the arbitration clause, the matter is not wholly covered by section 8 and reference cannot be ordered in part. Section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be used to expand section 8 or create a partial-reference procedure not provided by the Act. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108544