https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416202 At the Section 11 referral stage, objections to authority, signatures, fraud, and validity did not defeat a prima facie arbitration agreement where one respondent had executed the Facility Agreement and substantial funds were admittedly received; the Court treated the disputes as requiring factual determination and held the agreement enforceable for referral purposes against Respondents No. 1 to 3. The note also explains that a non-signatory may be referred to arbitration where the transaction is composite, the facility is linked to its assets and business implementation, and the benefit and relationship between entities justify application of the alter ego and group of companies principles, supporting a composite reference including Respondent No. 4. en-us Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416202 At the Section 11 referral stage, objections to authority, signatures, fraud, and validity did not defeat a prima facie arbitration agreement where one respondent had executed the Facility Agreement and substantial funds were admittedly received; the Court treated the disputes as requiring factual determination and held the agreement enforceable for referral purposes against Respondents No. 1 to 3. The note also explains that a non-signatory may be referred to arbitration where the transaction is composite, the facility is linked to its assets and business implementation, and the benefit and relationship between entities justify application of the alter ego and group of companies principles, supporting a composite reference including Respondent No. 4. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416202