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Rahul Verma & Ors. v. Rampat Lal Verma & Ors.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Arbitration agreement

Dismissed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
21 Feb 2025
Citation
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1713
Case no.
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4330/2025
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Issue for consideration

Issue arose whether the legal heirs of a deceased partner in a partnership firm, being non-signatories to the partnership deed and in the absence of their explicit consent, can still be bound by the arbitration agreement; and whether the right to sue for the rendition to the legal heirs of the deceased partner, entitling them to invoke the arbitration clause in the partnership deed.

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