Supreme Court of India

M/s. Silpi Industries Etc. v. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [2021] 3 S.C.R. 1044
Bench Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 29 June 2021
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We hold that MSMED Act, being a special Statute, will have an overriding effect vis- à-vis Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which is a g eneral Act.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Limitation Act, 1963: Applicability to proceedings under AC Act, 1996 arising out of MSMED Act, 2006 – Held: Limitation Act is applicable to arbitration covered by s.18(3) of the MSM ED Act, 2006 – Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Micro, Sma ll and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 – s.18(3). Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006: s.18(3) – Maintainability of counter claim in arbitration proceedin gs initiated as per s.18(3) of MSMED Act – Held: In view of s.23(2A) of AC Act, 1996, counter claim/set off is maintainable – rbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 distinguished · 1 referred to

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