Supreme Court of India

Benckiser (india) Private Limited v. Reynders Label Printing India Private Limited and Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 966

Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi JJ.

Decided 1 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, even though no relief can be granted to the appl icant as against respondent No.2, we proceed to pass the following order in the interest of justice. 13.The arbitration application is dismissed as against respondent No.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 11(5), 11(9) and 11(12)(a) – Signatory and non-signatory parties to th e arbitration agreement – According to the applicant, the respond ents had approached them with an offer to print labels – Purs uant thereto, respondent no.1 and applicant entered into an agree ment dated 01.05.2014 – It was averted that arbitration agreem ent was an integral part of the agreement dated 01.05.2014 – Respondent no.2 was a non-signatory party to the agreement dated 01 .05.2014 – Dispute arose between the parties – Respondent no.2 was imp leaded in the arbitration

Authorities it was built on

2012 Chloro Controls (i) P. Ltd. v. Severn Trent Water Purification Inc. and Ors. cited by 18
1974 Godhra Electricity Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. The State of Gujarat and Another cited by 7
2018 Cheran Properties Limited v. Kasturi and Sons Limited and Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2023 Cox and Kings Ltd. v. Sap India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. referred to
2022 Cox and Kings Limited v. Sap India Private Limited & Another referred to
2022 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. M/s Discovery Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 referred to

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