Ramen Chetty vs Abdul Raheman – clr volume 1 page 007

In the case between the plaintiff and two defendants concerning the recovery of sums allegedly owed for delivered goods, the court addressed whether disputes involving both questions of account and the existence of a partnership could be compulsorily referred to arbitration under section 5 of the Arbitration Ordinance. It was held that the compulsory reference to arbitration is limited to matters purely of account and does not extend to substantive legal questions such as the existence of a partnership. The arbitrator’s partial award, which dismissed the claim against the second defendant and awarded a sum against the first defendant, was determined to be insufficient as a basis for entering judgment where the scope of the initial reference exceeded statutory limits. The decision reaffirme