Arbitration and Interpretation

Arbitration and Interpretation

It is held in Raymond Limited v. Miltex Apparels and Others [2025] GCtR 1612 (Bombay) that "if parties to an agreement are held to have extended a contract, all terms in that agreement would stand extended sub silentio and by necessary implication. It is far-fetched to expect a reiteration of just the arbitration clause for that clause to be extended in the eyes of law. Such an expectation also militates against the first principle that the arbitration clause in fact, outlives the agreement it is contained in – now statutorily provided in Section 16(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Not only is the arbitration clause an independent agreement, but even the void nature of the agreement in which it resides would not render the arbitration agreement void."