https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=401889 A lease or sub-lease dispute governed only by the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and not by a special rent control statute, is arbitrable because those provisions do not create an exclusive public forum or bar private adjudication. On that basis, the dispute was held capable of arbitration. The matter also qualified as an international commercial arbitration because one party was a foreign national habitually resident outside India; therefore, the power to appoint the arbitrator vested in the Supreme Court under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. With no objection to the proposed appointment, a sole arbitrator could be constituted. en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 06:18:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=401889 A lease or sub-lease dispute governed only by the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and not by a special rent control statute, is arbitrable because those provisions do not create an exclusive public forum or bar private adjudication. On that basis, the dispute was held capable of arbitration. The matter also qualified as an international commercial arbitration because one party was a foreign national habitually resident outside India; therefore, the power to appoint the arbitrator vested in the Supreme Court under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. With no objection to the proposed appointment, a sole arbitrator could be constituted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=401889