H Srinivas Pai Vs H V Pai

Hon'ble Supreme Court of India observed as  "5. There is absolutely no basis for the observation of the High Court that Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 will not apply to ‘civil disputes’, but will apply only to ‘commercial disputes’ or international commercial disputes. The Act applies to domestic arbitrations, international commercial arbitrations and conciliations. The applicability of the Act does not depend upon the dispute being a commercial dispute. Reference to arbitration and arbitability depends upon the existence of an arbitration agreement, and not upon the question whether it is a civil dispute or commercial dispute. There can be arbitration agreements in non-commercial civil disputes also."
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