Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Section 11(6)—Appointment of arbitrator—Non-signatory company to the arbitration agreement—Partners had started the firm and the company and that disputes have arisen between them in respect of their businesses—Arbitration clause in the partnership deed in itself is quite wide and deals with disputes and differences between the parties either in respect of construction, meaning and effect of the deed or a part thereof—Considering broad nature of the clause, the ground taken by respondent that accounts relating to the firm or the company would not be arbitrable, is not tenable inasmuch as any disputes relating to the business between the partners would be arbitrable—Since the business by the partners is being conducted both through the firm and by the company, the disputes raised would be arbitrable—Sole arbitrator appointed for purposes of adjudicating the disputes between the parties.
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