On the 27th November 2019, the Supreme Court of India in the matter of UttarakhanPurvSainik Kalyan Nigam Ltd (UPNL) v Northern Coal Filed Ltd (Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 011476/2018. In this case, the Court against emphasised the importance of party autonomy and the doctrine of kompetenz- kompetenz pursuant to section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, which enables the Arbitrator to deal with objections and issues in the arbitration.