{"id":3734,"date":"2025-12-21T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhatiabhola.com\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2025-12-21T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T18:51:11","slug":"misc-sc-judgement-dated-09-12-2025-no-arbitration-without-privity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhatiabhola.com\/index.php\/blog\/2025\/12\/21\/misc-sc-judgement-dated-09-12-2025-no-arbitration-without-privity\/","title":{"rendered":"Misc, SC Judgement Dated 09\/12\/2025 &#8211; No Arbitration without Privity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Case of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited vs BCL Secure Premises Pvt Ltd,\u00a0SC\u00a0\u00a0Judgement Dated 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2025.<\/em>\u00a0The 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. 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