M/S. TELEPHONE CABLES LTD. vs CHIEF G.M.,TELECOM CIRCLE . — C.A. No. 123/2004

Case Summary: C.A. No. 000123 / 2004 The Supreme Court set aside the Civil Judge and High Court's rejection of Telephone Cables Ltd.'s arbitration application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court found that Chandigarh had territorial jurisdiction (as formal acceptance and payment occurred there) and that the disputes were arbitrable, rejecting the lower courts' erroneous reasoning that contract acceptance was not integral and that they could examine dispute substance. The Court directed the Civil Judge to appoint an arbitrator within two weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.