Case of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited vs BCL Secure Premises Pvt Ltd, SC Judgement Dated 9th December 2025. The apex court held that the referral court should be prima facie satisfied that there exists an arbitration agreement and as to whether the non-signatory is a veritable party. The apex court opined that the referral court under Section 11 is not deprived of its jurisdiction from examining whether the non-signatory is in the real sense a party to the arbitration agreement. SC held that BCL did not establish its case to show even prima facie, the existence of an arbitration agreement between HPCL and BCL. Thus, it set aside the HC judgment.
(Link: SC Judgement Dated 09/12/2025)