Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. v. Minaxi Purushottam Prajapati
Execution – arbitral award – unilateral appointment of sole arbitrator
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; Execution Application No. 2083 of 2022; Notice No. 751 of 2025; Shriram City Union Finance Ltd v Minaxi Purushottam Prajapati; Rajesh S. Patil J.; decision 30 March 2026; unilateral appointment of sole arbitrator; arbitral award declared non-est, non-executable, void-ab-initio at execution stage; follows Supreme Court Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v Airport Authority of India, Civil Appeal Nos. 37-38 of 2026 (5 January 2026); relies on L & T Finance Ltd v Sangeeta Bhansali, Commercial Execution Application (L) No. 5277 of 2022; execution application dismissed; fresh arbitration permissible; limitation period from invocation till order excluded; no counsel appeared; no statutory provisions cited; no monetary amount involved.
What did the court decide?
Execution Application dismissed; arbitral award declared non-est in law, non-executable and void-ab-initio; Notice and Interim Applications disposed of; parties free to initiate fresh arbitration with the period from invocation till the date of the order excluded for limitation.