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Subhash Reddy*<\/strong>, JJ has held that the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to the arbitration proceedings under Section 18(3) of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the key points highlighted by the Court while reaching the aforementioned conclusion:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>As per Section 15 of the said Act, where supplier supplies any goods or renders any services to any buyer, the buyer shall make payment on or before the agreed date between the parties in writing or where there is no agreement, before the appointed day.<\/li>\n<li>Section 16 deals with date from which and rate of interest payable in the event of not making the payment.<\/li>\n<li>The recovery mechanism for the amount due is covered by Sections 17 and 18 of the said Act.<\/li>\n<li>If any party has a dispute with regard to amount due under Section 17, a reference is required to be made to the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council.<\/li>\n<li>On such reference, the Council is empowered to conduct conciliation in the matter or seek assistance of any institution or centre providing alternate dispute resolution services by making a reference to such institution for conducting conciliation.<\/li>\n<li>If the conciliation is not successful, as contemplated under Section 18(2) of the said Act, same stands terminated under Section 18(3) of the said Act.<\/li>\n<li>Thereafter, the Council shall either itself take up the dispute for arbitration or refer it to any institution or centre providing alternate dispute resolution services for such arbitration and <strong>the provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 are made applicable as if the arbitration was in pursuance of arbitration agreement between the parties, under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the 1996 Act. Applicability of Limitation Act, 1963 to the arbitrations is covered by Section 43 of the 1996 Act.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A reading of Section 43 itself makes it clear that the Limitation Act, 1963 shall apply to the arbitrations, as it applies to proceedings in court.<\/li>\n<li><strong>When the settlement with regard to a dispute between the parties is not arrived at under Section 18 of the 2006 Act, necessarily, the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council shall take up the dispute for arbitration under Section 18(3) of the 2006 Act or it may refer to institution or centre to provide alternate dispute resolution services and provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 are made applicable as if there was an agreement between the parties under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the 1996 Act.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, hence, concluded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn view of the express provision applying the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 to arbitrations as per Section 43 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to the arbitration proceedings under Section 18(3) of the 2006 Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Silpi Industries v. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/nXnbfmko\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 439<\/b><\/a>, decided on 29.06.2021]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For appellants: Senior Advocates V. Giri, P.B. Suresh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Kerala State Road Transport Corporation: Aishwarya Bhati, ASG<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Respondent: Basava Prabhu Patil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and R. 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