What Kind of Disputes are Arbitrable ? Supreme Court Answers the Issue

What Kind of Disputes are Arbitrable ? Supreme Court Answers the Issue

Dealing with a case under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 it has been held that "where the arbitration agreement itself is alleged to be forged or fabricated, the disputes ceases to be merely contractual and strikes at the very root of arbitral jurisdiction." "Arbitration, it bears reiteration, is founded upon consent. A party may be bound by the arbitral process only if it is first shown, even at a prima facie level, that such a party had agreed to submit disputes to arbitration."

Rajia Begum v. Barnali Mukherjee [2026] GCtR 83 (SC)