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Bombay HC holds that a mortgagor discharging a borrower's debt cannot invoke the lender's arbitration clause against the borrower by subrogation, as mere payment does not transfer arbitration rights absent express assignment or a statutory subrogation regime extending to the arbitration agreement.
The Bombay High Court held that an assignee of ownership rights is not bound by an arbitration clause in a development agreement unless the arbitration agreement is expressly assigned or accepted. The court also ruled that limitation objections fall within the arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction under Section 16, not the Section 11 court's purview at the appointment stage.
The Punjab & Haryana HC quashed a Section 138 complaint against a non-signatory to the cheque, affirming that only the drawer can be prosecuted. The complainant conceded the accused was not a signatory, resulting in the summoning order being set aside qua the petitioner.
The Bombay High Court held that the Mumbai Cricket Association, though not a signatory to the participation agreement, is bound by its arbitration clause under the composite transaction doctrine, as it was an integral part of the same commercial ecosystem as the league organizer. This extends arbitration enforceability to entities exercising de facto control over contractual frameworks, setting a new benchmark for sports and event governance disputes.
Bombay High Court rules that a dissenting member of a cooperative society who refuses to sign a development agreement cannot be compelled into arbitration, even if the society executed a Permanent Alternate Accommodation Agreement (PAAA). The court clarifies that arbitration clauses bind only signatories, protecting individual members' consent rights in redevelopment disputes.