M/S Vatika One India Next Private ... vs Indiabulls Commercial Credit Limited on 19 December, 2022
53. Dhulabhai case [Dhulabhai v. State of M.P., (1968) 3 SCR 662
: AIR 1969 SC 78] is not directly applicable as it relates to
exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts, albeit we respectfully agree
with the order of reference [Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corpn.,
(2019) 20 SCC 406] that Condition 2 is apposite while examining
the question of non-arbitrability. Implied legislative intention to
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exclude arbitration can be seen if it appears that the statute creates a
special right or a liability and provides for determination of the
right and liability to be dealt with by the specified courts or the
tribunals specially constituted in that behalf and further lays down
that all questions about the said right and liability shall be
determined by the court or tribunals so empowered and vested with
exclusive jurisdiction. Therefore, mere creation of a specific forum
as a substitute for civil court or specifying the civil court, may not
be enough to accept the inference of implicit non-arbitrability.
Conferment of jurisdiction on a specific court or creation of a
public forum though eminently significant, may not be the decisive
test to answer and decide whether arbitrability is impliedly barred.