Landmark case · Alternate Dispute Resolution · Semester 5

K.K. Modi v. K.N. Modi

AIR 1998 SC 1297 · Supreme Court of India

A clause is an arbitration agreement only if it contemplates a binding decision by a private tribunal, not a mere expert determination or an internal family arrangement without that character.

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Arbitration agreement and reference to arbitration — Unit I, Alternate Dispute Resolution.

Related sections:

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 2(1)(b) — Arbitration agreement
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 7 — Arbitration agreement
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 8 — Power to refer parties to arbitration where there is an arbitration agreement