Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 141 · Decided 20 February 2015
M/S. Sundaram Finance Limited and Another v. T. Thankam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 141 · [2015] 2 S.C.R. 228
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2079/2015
- Decided
- 20 February 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 8
Headnote
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - s. 8 - Application under - Maintainability of - Pending suit for injunction, application uls. 8 seeking the direction of the C case to the arbitral tribunal on the ground that in view of the arbitration agreement, the suit was not maintainable - Courts held: If a party approaches a civil court ignoring the arbitration clause and another party moves the court for referring the matter for D arbitration, it is obligatory for the court to refer the parties for arbitration - Trial Court directed to pass fresh orders on the application. Maxim -
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