This decision also reaffirms the principle of jurisdiction under the Arbitration Act, i.e. that an arbitral tribunal is empowered to rule on a challenge to the validity and third-party effectiveness of an underlying arbitration agreement within the framework and scope of Article 16 („Jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction“). In an important decision1, the Gujarat High Court ruled that an order made by an arbitral tribunal during the duration of an arbitration proceeding could not be challenged in an application under sections 226 and/or 227 of the Indian Constitution, 1950 („Constitution“). Where the legal person becomes aware of a claim, claim or claim falling within the scope of this Arbitration Agreement but which is brought before a national court, the legal person shall be obliged to raise objections to the case examined by a national court, at the latest when the legal person makes its first claim concerning the merits of the dispute. However, the Supreme Court of M/S Young Achievers v. IMS Learning Resources7 held that „an arbitration clause in an agreement cannot survive if the agreement containing an arbitration clause has been replaced/renewed by a subsequent agreement“. The Supreme Court`s explanatory memorandum was that the superseded agreements are invalid or not from the beginning. Aashapura`s decision could show the way forward with regard to the issue of the severability of arbitration clauses and clarify the application of these clauses in moUs. * – additional texts of direct agreements. II.
The corresponding clause provided that (a) the arbitration would take place in Ahmedabad; and (b) it would be regulated and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India. .