https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=360116 Several agreements forming a single commercial project were treated as a composite transaction because the supply, engineering, sale and lease arrangements were expressly interlinked. On that basis, the dispute was referable to arbitration even though one agreement lacked an arbitration clause, since the contract could not be read in isolation. Mere allegations of fraud in the plaint did not bar reference to arbitration; refusal is justified only where the fraud allegations are serious and complex enough to require civil trial. The refusal to refer the parties to arbitration was set aside and the parties were directed to arbitrate. en-us Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:54:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=360116 Several agreements forming a single commercial project were treated as a composite transaction because the supply, engineering, sale and lease arrangements were expressly interlinked. On that basis, the dispute was referable to arbitration even though one agreement lacked an arbitration clause, since the contract could not be read in isolation. Mere allegations of fraud in the plaint did not bar reference to arbitration; refusal is justified only where the fraud allegations are serious and complex enough to require civil trial. The refusal to refer the parties to arbitration was set aside and the parties were directed to arbitrate. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=360116