https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428531 At the Section 11 referral stage, the Court must conduct a limited prima facie review of arbitrability where the contract contains an express excepted-matters clause. If the dispute is manifestly non-arbitrable or plainly falls within the carve-out, the Court should not appoint an arbitrator without first examining the clause structure and the nature of the dispute. The governing principle is that referral courts may intervene at the threshold when the dispute is ex facie outside the arbitration agreement, even though arbitral tribunals are ordinarily the first forum on non-arbitrability questions. en-us Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 May 2025 16:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428531 At the Section 11 referral stage, the Court must conduct a limited prima facie review of arbitrability where the contract contains an express excepted-matters clause. If the dispute is manifestly non-arbitrable or plainly falls within the carve-out, the Court should not appoint an arbitrator without first examining the clause structure and the nature of the dispute. The governing principle is that referral courts may intervene at the threshold when the dispute is ex facie outside the arbitration agreement, even though arbitral tribunals are ordinarily the first forum on non-arbitrability questions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=428531