https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458881 For claims under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, the decisive factor is whether the goods or services for which payment is sought were supplied after registration as a micro or small enterprise. If the liability arises from post-registration services, the supplier may invoke the Act even if the underlying contract pre-dated registration, and section 18 gives the Facilitation Council overriding and exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute. A prior contractual arbitration clause does not displace that statutory forum where the claim falls within section 17. The document states that this principle supports setting aside unilateral arbitration and awards made outside the Council's exclusive domain. en-us Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:12:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458881 For claims under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, the decisive factor is whether the goods or services for which payment is sought were supplied after registration as a micro or small enterprise. If the liability arises from post-registration services, the supplier may invoke the Act even if the underlying contract pre-dated registration, and section 18 gives the Facilitation Council overriding and exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute. A prior contractual arbitration clause does not displace that statutory forum where the claim falls within section 17. The document states that this principle supports setting aside unilateral arbitration and awards made outside the Council's exclusive domain. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458881