https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242613 Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act was applied liberally to require reference of disputes to arbitration in a composite multi-agreement transaction, even where some ancillary agreements lacked arbitration clauses and some parties were non-signatories. The Court treated the principal shareholders agreement as the mother agreement and held that non-signatories could be bound where they claimed through or under signatory parties, the agreements were intrinsically inter-linked, and the parties intended a composite arbitral arrangement. It also held that bifurcation of parties and causes of action was unwarranted because the contracts were interdependent and fragmented adjudication would defeat the bargain. The referral to arbitration was upheld. en-us Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242613 Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act was applied liberally to require reference of disputes to arbitration in a composite multi-agreement transaction, even where some ancillary agreements lacked arbitration clauses and some parties were non-signatories. The Court treated the principal shareholders agreement as the mother agreement and held that non-signatories could be bound where they claimed through or under signatory parties, the agreements were intrinsically inter-linked, and the parties intended a composite arbitral arrangement. It also held that bifurcation of parties and causes of action was unwarranted because the contracts were interdependent and fragmented adjudication would defeat the bargain. The referral to arbitration was upheld. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242613