https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767236 Section 18(3) of the MSMED Act operates within its own statutory framework and is not subject to the same pre-referral scrutiny as Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Once a reference is made, the arbitral tribunal under the MSMED Act may decide its own jurisdiction, including objections based on alleged absence of privity of contract, lack of MSME registration, or the nature of the contract, by applying Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Any such jurisdictional determination remains open to challenge under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The jurisdictional objections were therefore not a ground to interfere with the reference. en-us Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:35:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767236 Section 18(3) of the MSMED Act operates within its own statutory framework and is not subject to the same pre-referral scrutiny as Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Once a reference is made, the arbitral tribunal under the MSMED Act may decide its own jurisdiction, including objections based on alleged absence of privity of contract, lack of MSME registration, or the nature of the contract, by applying Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Any such jurisdictional determination remains open to challenge under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The jurisdictional objections were therefore not a ground to interfere with the reference. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767236