law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 45
  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, when seized of an
  
  action in a matter in respect of which the parties have made agreement referred
  
  to in section 44, shall, at the request of one of the parties or any person
  
  claiming through or under him, refer the parties to arbitration, unless it
  
  finds that the said agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of
  
  being performed.