https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=758444 At the Section 11 stage, the referral court's role is limited to a prima facie check on the existence of an arbitration agreement, and it should not decide contested questions about a non-signatory's participation or composite transaction issues. Those matters fall within the arbitral tribunal's competence-competence jurisdiction under Section 16, where the contractual matrix and surrounding circumstances can be examined after hearing the parties. Applying that approach, the petition for appointment of an arbitrator was allowed, and objections concerning the non-signatory respondent were left open for determination by the tribunal. en-us Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=758444 At the Section 11 stage, the referral court's role is limited to a prima facie check on the existence of an arbitration agreement, and it should not decide contested questions about a non-signatory's participation or composite transaction issues. Those matters fall within the arbitral tribunal's competence-competence jurisdiction under Section 16, where the contractual matrix and surrounding circumstances can be examined after hearing the parties. Applying that approach, the petition for appointment of an arbitrator was allowed, and objections concerning the non-signatory respondent were left open for determination by the tribunal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=758444