https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759055 Under Section 11, the referral court's enquiry is confined to the existence of an arbitration agreement, but in cases involving a non-signatory it may prima facie assess whether that party is a veritable party to the agreement. A non-signatory can be bound where its conduct, participation and relationship with the signatories show consent to the underlying contract and its arbitration clause, including through negotiation, performance, implementation and interdependent transactions. Because the SRG Group's alleged role, the surrounding communications and the relevant contractual clauses raised disputed factual questions, the court treated the issue as unsuitable for a mini-trial at the referral stage and left it to the arbitral tribunal under competence-competence. en-us Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759055 Under Section 11, the referral court's enquiry is confined to the existence of an arbitration agreement, but in cases involving a non-signatory it may prima facie assess whether that party is a veritable party to the agreement. A non-signatory can be bound where its conduct, participation and relationship with the signatories show consent to the underlying contract and its arbitration clause, including through negotiation, performance, implementation and interdependent transactions. Because the SRG Group's alleged role, the surrounding communications and the relevant contractual clauses raised disputed factual questions, the court treated the issue as unsuitable for a mini-trial at the referral stage and left it to the arbitral tribunal under competence-competence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759055