https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300993 The 2015 amendment to Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 narrows judicial scrutiny to the existence of a prima facie valid arbitration agreement, but it does not override special statutory remedies or make non-arbitrable disputes arbitrable merely because an arbitration clause exists. Section 2(3) preserves laws excluding certain disputes from arbitration, and the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 continues to confer an additional beneficial remedy. Consumer disputes were therefore treated as remaining outside compulsory reference to arbitration, and consumer fora may proceed despite an arbitration agreement. en-us Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:01:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300993 The 2015 amendment to Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 narrows judicial scrutiny to the existence of a prima facie valid arbitration agreement, but it does not override special statutory remedies or make non-arbitrable disputes arbitrable merely because an arbitration clause exists. Section 2(3) preserves laws excluding certain disputes from arbitration, and the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 continues to confer an additional beneficial remedy. Consumer disputes were therefore treated as remaining outside compulsory reference to arbitration, and consumer fora may proceed despite an arbitration agreement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300993