https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198272 An arbitral tribunal may examine, under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, objections to the entertainability of counter-claims because jurisdiction includes whether a claim or counter-claim falls within the arbitration agreement. However, counter-claims arising from the same contract cannot be excluded merely because they were not confined to an earlier letter, particularly where Section 23 permits amendment or supplementation of pleadings during the proceedings. The tribunal may reject counter-claims only if they are truly outside the contractual compass or otherwise impermissible. On the facts described, the restriction on the appellant's counter-claims was unjustified and all counter-claims were required to be heard. en-us Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:16:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198272 An arbitral tribunal may examine, under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, objections to the entertainability of counter-claims because jurisdiction includes whether a claim or counter-claim falls within the arbitration agreement. However, counter-claims arising from the same contract cannot be excluded merely because they were not confined to an earlier letter, particularly where Section 23 permits amendment or supplementation of pleadings during the proceedings. The tribunal may reject counter-claims only if they are truly outside the contractual compass or otherwise impermissible. On the facts described, the restriction on the appellant's counter-claims was unjustified and all counter-claims were required to be heard. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198272