https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199671 A mixed company petition under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 was held not to be wholly referable to arbitration merely because one set of grievances arose from a sponsorship agreement containing an arbitration clause. Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 applies only where the subject-matter before the forum is the same as the subject-matter covered by the arbitration agreement and the reference is sought before the first statement on the substance of the dispute. Allegations of independent oppression, mismanagement, and Companies Act non-compliance remained justiciable before the Board, while only agreement-based disputes could fall within arbitration. en-us Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:59:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199671 A mixed company petition under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 was held not to be wholly referable to arbitration merely because one set of grievances arose from a sponsorship agreement containing an arbitration clause. Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 applies only where the subject-matter before the forum is the same as the subject-matter covered by the arbitration agreement and the reference is sought before the first statement on the substance of the dispute. Allegations of independent oppression, mismanagement, and Companies Act non-compliance remained justiciable before the Board, while only agreement-based disputes could fall within arbitration. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199671