law: Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937
  3.Stay of proceedings in respect of matters to
  
  be referred to arbitration:- 
  Notwithstanding anything contained in the
  
  {Subs.by the Act 32 of 1940, s.3 and Sch.11, for "Indian Arbitration Act,
  
  1899".} [Arbitration Act 1940], or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908,
  
  if any party to a submission made in pursuance of an agreement to which the
  
  Protocol set forth in the First Schedule as modified by the reservation subject
  
  to which it was signed by India applies, or any person claiming through or
  
  under him, commences any legal proceedings in any Court against any other part
  
  to the submission or any person claiming through or under him in respect of any
  
  matter agreed to be referred, any party to such legal proceedings may, at any
  
  time after appearance and before filing a written statement or taking any other
  
  steps in the proceedings, apply to the Court to stay the proceedings; and the
  
  Court, unless satisfied that the agreement or arbitration has become
  
  inoperative or cannot proceed, or that there is not in fact any dispute between
  
  the parties with regard to the matter agreed to be referred, shall make an
  
  order staying the proceedings.