RAKESH SETHI Vs. RAJEEV SETHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The plaintiff in a suit for declaration and consequential reliefs has preferred the instant revisional application. The reliefs claimed in the said suit are as follows:

(2.) By the impugned order, the trial court allowed an application filed by the defendant/opposite party for reference of the suit to arbitration under Sections 5 and 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as "the 1996 Act").

(3.) The petitioner submits that the subject-matter of the suit is not confined to the subject-matter of the arbitration clause in the partnership deed between the parties but also relates to disputes regarding the rights of the parties as joint lessees in respect of the suit property.