https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288337 A joint venture constituent was treated as a supplier under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 because the contract record showed the petitioner had accepted the joint venture structure in the work order and subcontract arrangement. On that basis, the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council was competent to entertain the reference under Section 18, conduct conciliation, and, if conciliation failed, refer the dispute to arbitration. The absence of direct privity with the petitioner did not by itself deprive the Council of jurisdiction, and the challenge that the order was non-speaking or without authority was rejected. The writ challenge to the reference accordingly failed. en-us Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 01:37:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288337 A joint venture constituent was treated as a supplier under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 because the contract record showed the petitioner had accepted the joint venture structure in the work order and subcontract arrangement. On that basis, the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council was competent to entertain the reference under Section 18, conduct conciliation, and, if conciliation failed, refer the dispute to arbitration. The absence of direct privity with the petitioner did not by itself deprive the Council of jurisdiction, and the challenge that the order was non-speaking or without authority was rejected. The writ challenge to the reference accordingly failed. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288337