Non-Signatories To Arbitration Agreement Can Be Made Party If Reliefs Against Them Align With Signatories: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Uday Kumar has ruled that non-signatories to an arbitration agreement can be included in the arbitration proceedings if the reliefs sought against them are aligned with the reliefs sought against signatories to the agreement. The ruling emphasizes that if the legal relationship between the signatories and non-signatories is closely tied to the cause of action of the suit and the…