Ssma Hospitality and Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. through Director Akash Mani v. Host Inn Pvt. Ltd. and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court OOCJ order dated 26-09-2025 by Somasekhar Sundaresan J in Arbitration Petition No. 202 of 2024 (with IA Nos. 4811 and 3203 of 2025) and Commercial Arbitration Petition (L) No. 21284 of 2025: Ssma Hospitality & Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. through Director Akash Mani v. Host Inn Pvt. Ltd. & Ors — consent-based constitution of arbitral tribunal and appointment of Mr. Shailesh Shah, Senior Advocate, as Sole Arbitrator; Section 9 petitions (Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996) converted into Section 17 applications; statutory disclosure under Sections 11(8) and 12(1); equal first-instance sharing of tribunal costs; interlocutory reliefs left to tribunal; merits expressly kept open; petitions finally disposed.
What did the court decide?
Constitution of an arbitral tribunal by consent with Mr. Shailesh Shah, Learned Senior Advocate, appointed Sole Arbitrator; final disposal of both captioned Petitions upon their conversion into Applications under Section 17 of the Act; any Interim Applications therein to be placed before the arbitral tribunal.