Arbitration Act 1940
Section 54
Power of Judicial Authority to refer Parties to Arbitration
Notwithstanding anything contained in Part I
or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a judicial authority, on being seized
of a dispute regarding a contract made between persons to whom section 53
applies and including an arbitration agreement, whether referring to present or
future differences, which is valid under that section and capable of being
carried into effect, shall refer the parties on the application of either of
them or any person claiming through or under him to the decision of the arbitrators
and such reference shall not prejudice the competence of the judicial authority
in case the agreement or the arbitration cannot proceed or becomes inoperative.