Unregistered but compulsorily registrable document can be enforced

Yukti Construction Pvt. Ltd Vs Asha Sharma (Uttarakhand High Court)

An arbitration agreement does not require registration under the Registration Act. Even if it is found as one of the clauses in a contract or instrument, it is an independent agreement to refer the disputes to arbitration, which is independent of the main contract or instrument. Therefore having regard to the proviso to Section 49 of Registration Act read with Section 16(1)(a) of the Act, an arbitration agreement in an unregistered but compulsorily registrab

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