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M/S. Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan ... vs Northern Coal Field Limited on 27 November, 2019

In Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan Nigam Ltd. v. Northern Coal Field Ltd. [UttarakhandPurvSainikKalyan Nigam Ltd. v. Northern Coal Field Ltd., (2020) 2 SCC 455 : (2020) 1 SCC (Civ) 570] the issue before this Court was whether a Referral Court at the stage of appointment of arbitrators would be required to decide the issue of limitation or leave it to the Arbitral Tribunal. A Bench of two Judges of this Court held that the doctrine of competence-competence is "intended to minimise judicial intervention, so that the arbitral process is not thwarted at the threshold, when a preliminary objection is raised by one of the parties." Moreover, this Court held that Section 16 is an inclusive provision of very wide ambit : (SCC p. 462, para 7) "7. ... 7.13. In view of the provisions of Section 16, and the legislative policy to restrict judicial intervention at the pre-reference stage, the issue of limitation would require to be decided by the arbitrator. Sub-section (1) of Section 16 provides that the Arbitral Tribunal may rule on its own jurisdiction, "including any objections"
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