https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197267 Pendency of an appeal against an order concerning reference to arbitration does not, by itself, prevent consideration of an application for appointment of an arbitrator, because the statutory scheme allows arbitration to be commenced or continued despite a pending section 8 challenge. An arbitration agreement under section 7 must be a written agreement between the parties to submit disputes to arbitration; a unilateral testamentary declaration expressing a wish for future disputes to go to arbitration is not enough. In the absence of a signed document, exchanged communications, or pleadings admitting the agreement, the precondition for appointment under section 11 is not satisfied. en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 16:28:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197267 Pendency of an appeal against an order concerning reference to arbitration does not, by itself, prevent consideration of an application for appointment of an arbitrator, because the statutory scheme allows arbitration to be commenced or continued despite a pending section 8 challenge. An arbitration agreement under section 7 must be a written agreement between the parties to submit disputes to arbitration; a unilateral testamentary declaration expressing a wish for future disputes to go to arbitration is not enough. In the absence of a signed document, exchanged communications, or pleadings admitting the agreement, the precondition for appointment under section 11 is not satisfied. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197267