Arupri Logistics Pvt. Ltd. vs Vilas Gupta

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2023 Supreme(Del) 3077

YASHWANT VARMA
Arupri Logistics Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Vilas Gupta – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Jayant Mehta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Raghav Bhatia, Ms. Unnimaya and Ms. Surekha Raman, Advocates, for the Appellant in Arb.A. 5/2022, I.A. 3270/2022 (Stay), I.A. 8665/2023.
Mr. Jyoti Taneja, Mr. Shivam Malhotra, Mr. Ashish Rana and Ms. Sakshi Arora, Advocates, for R-1 in Arb.A. 5/2022, I.A. 3270/2022 (Stay), I.A. 8665/2023.
Mr. S.D. Singh, Mr. Kartikay Bhargava and Mr. Siddharth Singh, Advocates, for R-4 to 7 in Arb.A. 5/2022, I.A. 3270/2022 (Stay), I.A. 8665/2023.
Mr. Ankit Singhal and Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, Advocates, for R-8 to 10 in Arb.A. 5/2022, I.A. 3270/2022 (Stay), I.A. 8665/2023.
Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Shivam Goel, Mr. Sidhant Poddar, Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Ms. V. Laxmi, Mr. Umang Tyagi, Advocates for appellant in ARB.A. 7/2022, I.A. 8813/2022 (Stay).
Mr. Jyoti Taneja, Mr. Shivam Malhotra, Mr. Ashish Rana, Ms. Sakshi Arora, Advocates for R- 1 in ARB.A. 7/2022, I.A. 8813/2022 (Stay).
Mr. S.D. Singh, Mr. Kartikay Bhargava and Mr. Siddharth Singh, Advocates for R-4 to 7 in ARB.A. 7/2022, I.A. 8813/2022 (Stay).
Mr. Ankit Singhal, Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, Advocates for R-8 to 10 in ARB.A. 7/2022, I.A. 8813/2022 (Stay).

JUDGMENT

A.	PRELUDE	Paras 1 - 3
B.	ESSENTIAL FACTS	Paras 4 - 28
C.	APPELLANTS' SUBMISSIONS	Paras 29 - 40
D.	CONTENTIONS OF RESPONDENTS	Paras 41 - 52
E.	MAINTAINABILITY OF THE APPEALS	Paras 53 - 62
F.	AUTHORITY OF A TRIBUNAL AND INHERENT POWERS OF COURTS	Paras 63 - 68
G.	POWER TO IMPLEAD - WHETHER A CONCOMITANT OF SECTION 17 OF A&C ACT 1996?	Paras 69 - 70
H.	A "PARTY" UNDER THE A&C ACT 1996	Paras 71 - 72
I.	THIRD PARTIES TO ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS - AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE	Para 73 - 87
J.	GROUP OF COMPANIES AND ALTER EGO DOCTRINES - THE INDIAN PANORAMA	Para 88 - 91
K.	CONCLUSIONS	Para 92 - 99
L.	OPERATIVE DIRECTIONS	Para 100

A. PRELUDE

1. The appellants question the jurisdiction of an Arbitral Tribunal [AT] to join and implead non-signatories to an arbitration agreement post reference of disputes by a court. The appellants would contend that an AT does not stand vested with the authority or jurisdiction to implead parties who may have neither been signatories to an arbitration agreement nor parties to proceedings before a referring court. The challenge is principally founded on the absence of a specific conferral of power as discernible from the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [Act] upon a

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2023 Supreme(Del) 3077

YASHWANT VARMAArupri Logistics Pvt. Ltd. – AppellantVersusVilas Gupta – Respondent

YASHWANT VARMA
Arupri Logistics Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Vilas Gupta – Respondent