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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> High Court of Calcutta <br /><br /> Opposing an interim injunction does not necessarily constitute submitting a first statement on the substance of the dispute<br /><br /> MANU/WB/0640/2015 - (11 Aug 2015)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Luxmi Township Limited v. Asif Iqbal Hussain and Ors.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>Waiver of a right by a party to enforce the arbitration agreement must be gathered from the facts and circumstances of the case. The Court noted that though the Petitioner had filed a written objection to an injunction application by the Respondent, its application for arbitration could not be dismissed. The disclosure of a defence opposing a motion for interim injunction did not mean that the party had filed its first statement on the substance of the disputes. It opined, Courts must determine if by filing its pleadings a party has 'clearly and unambiguously waived its right to seek arbitration'.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Section 8 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 nActCompID=289 Sukanya Holdings Pvt. Ltd. v. Jayesh H. Pandya reported in <manuid>MANU/SC/0310/2003</manuid> Chloro Controls (I) P. Ltd. v. Severn Trent Water Purification Inc. reported in <manuid>MANU/SC/0803/2012</manuid> Booz Allen and Hamilton Inc. v. SBI Home Finance Ltd. Reported in <manuid>MANU/SC/0533/2011</manuid></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : arbitration, waive, right, first statement</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>