(1.) The challenge in this Appeal is to an order dated 14th January 2020 rejecting the Application of the Petitioner (the Defendant in the Suit) under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. The entire Appeal can be disposed of immediately. Hence, by consent, taken up for hearing and fnal disposal.
(2.) Section 8 of the Arbitration Act as amended in 2015 reads thus:
(3.) Now there is no dispute that paragraph 10 of the Written Statement contained the following averment: