https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248304 A dispute arising from a licensor-licensee arrangement in Greater Bombay concerning possession and recovery of licence fee or rent falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Small Causes Court. Section 41(1) of the Presidency Small Causes Court Act, 1882 bars such disputes from arbitral determination, and Section 2(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 preserves that statutory exclusion. An arbitration clause cannot override the legislative bar where the controversy directly concerns possession and charges under the licensor-licensee relationship. The arbitral reference was therefore beyond jurisdiction, the dispute was non-arbitrable, and the award was set aside. en-us Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:31:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248304 A dispute arising from a licensor-licensee arrangement in Greater Bombay concerning possession and recovery of licence fee or rent falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Small Causes Court. Section 41(1) of the Presidency Small Causes Court Act, 1882 bars such disputes from arbitral determination, and Section 2(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 preserves that statutory exclusion. An arbitration clause cannot override the legislative bar where the controversy directly concerns possession and charges under the licensor-licensee relationship. The arbitral reference was therefore beyond jurisdiction, the dispute was non-arbitrable, and the award was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248304