https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196987 A valid arbitration agreement may be established from a signed charter party together with contemporaneous correspondence, a fixture note, and a bill of lading referring to the shipment arrangement and London forum. Section 7 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 permits an arbitration agreement to be proved through a signed document or exchanged communications, and the arbitration clause need not be reproduced in every document. Section 45 does not require production of the original agreement where existence and authenticity are otherwise shown. Objections to the agreement's existence may also be raised before the arbitral tribunal, which can rule on its own jurisdiction. en-us Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:20:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196987 A valid arbitration agreement may be established from a signed charter party together with contemporaneous correspondence, a fixture note, and a bill of lading referring to the shipment arrangement and London forum. Section 7 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 permits an arbitration agreement to be proved through a signed document or exchanged communications, and the arbitration clause need not be reproduced in every document. Section 45 does not require production of the original agreement where existence and authenticity are otherwise shown. Objections to the agreement's existence may also be raised before the arbitral tribunal, which can rule on its own jurisdiction. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196987