Case Law Analysis
|Patna High Court
Section 11(6) Arbitration Act | Administrative Silence After Contractual Exhaustion Constitutes Refusal to Appoint Arbitrator : Patna HC
Patna High Court holds that failure of a government department to respond to arbitration appointment notices under a construction contract amounts to a deemed refusal, empowering courts to appoint an arbitrator under Section 11(6). The ruling clarifies that contractual dispute resolution exhaustion includes administrative inaction, impacting contractors in government contracts.