https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108923 Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act empowers the arbitral tribunal to decide its own jurisdiction, including objections to the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement. The arbitration clause is treated as independent of the rest of the contract, so a challenge to the underlying contract does not by itself invalidate the clause. Jurisdictional objections are therefore to be raised before the tribunal, with a section 34 remedy available after the award if the objection is rejected. The petition was allowed and an arbitrator was directed to be nominated. en-us Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:39:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108923 Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act empowers the arbitral tribunal to decide its own jurisdiction, including objections to the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement. The arbitration clause is treated as independent of the rest of the contract, so a challenge to the underlying contract does not by itself invalidate the clause. Jurisdictional objections are therefore to be raised before the tribunal, with a section 34 remedy available after the award if the objection is rejected. The petition was allowed and an arbitrator was directed to be nominated. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108923