Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Unilateral Arbitrator Appointment Voids Award Ab Initio | Execution Stage Challenge Permissible Under Section 34 A&C Act : Bombay HC
Bombay High Court rules that an arbitral award based on unilateral arbitrator appointment is void ab initio and unenforceable, even at the execution stage. Parties are granted liberty to initiate fresh arbitration, with the limitation period excluded from the date of arbitration invocation. This reinforces the Supreme Court’s stance in Bhadra International on procedural fairness in arbitration.