Section 21 Arbitration Reference Set Aside for No Arbitration Agreement: SC

Advertisement M.P. Rajya Tilhan Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Maryadit Vs Modi Transport Service (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered whether the parties had agreed to refer the subject matter of a pending civil suit, or any part of it, to arbitration under Section 21 of the Arbitration Act, 1940. The suit had been filed by the respondent for settlement of transportation accounts, recovery of amounts allegedly due, and interest arising out of agreements for transportation of coal. The parties disputed transportation rates, deductions for shortages, coal quality, moisture content, ...