https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776298 At the Section 11 stage, the referral court's scrutiny is limited to a prima facie examination of whether an arbitration agreement exists under Section 7. It should not conduct a mini-trial on disputed facts or decide questions of limitation, non-arbitrability, or alleged serious fraud, because the competence-competence principle allows the arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction under Section 16. The existence of parallel criminal proceedings or other remedies does not, by itself, invalidate an otherwise valid arbitration agreement. These jurisdictional objections may therefore be raised before the tribunal rather than being finally determined by the referral court. en-us Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:20:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776298 At the Section 11 stage, the referral court's scrutiny is limited to a prima facie examination of whether an arbitration agreement exists under Section 7. It should not conduct a mini-trial on disputed facts or decide questions of limitation, non-arbitrability, or alleged serious fraud, because the competence-competence principle allows the arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction under Section 16. The existence of parallel criminal proceedings or other remedies does not, by itself, invalidate an otherwise valid arbitration agreement. These jurisdictional objections may therefore be raised before the tribunal rather than being finally determined by the referral court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776298