https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=762023 A referral application to arbitration must be raised at the first available opportunity, before the first statement on the substance of the dispute; once a party participates on merits and delays the arbitration plea, the request is barred as belated. The application also must be supported by the original arbitration agreement or a duly certified copy, and an authenticated copy is not enough for this statutory threshold. On these grounds, the arbitral referral request was held non-maintainable and the refusal to discontinue the company proceedings was sustained. en-us Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=762023 A referral application to arbitration must be raised at the first available opportunity, before the first statement on the substance of the dispute; once a party participates on merits and delays the arbitration plea, the request is barred as belated. The application also must be supported by the original arbitration agreement or a duly certified copy, and an authenticated copy is not enough for this statutory threshold. On these grounds, the arbitral referral request was held non-maintainable and the refusal to discontinue the company proceedings was sustained. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=762023