Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. v. Kailash Lallan Yadav
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: unilateral appointment of arbitrator; arbitral award void-ab-initio; award declared non-est and non-executable; execution of arbitral award dismissed; fresh arbitration permitted; limitation period excluded from invocation; Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. v. Kailash Lallan Yadav; EXA No. 1442 of 2022; N No. 654 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Rajesh S. Patil, J.; decisions cited: L & T Finance Ltd. v. Sangeeta Bhansali (Comm. Ex. App. (L) 5277/2022); Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airport Authority of India (C.A. 37-38/2026, SC, 05.01.2026). Useful for arguments that execution of an award passed under a unilaterally appointed sole arbitrator cannot proceed.
What did the court decide?
Arbitral award declared non-est in law, non-executable and void-ab-initio; Execution Application and Notice dismissed; Interim Applications disposed of; parties permitted to initiate fresh arbitration with the period from invocation till the date of this order excluded for limitation.