Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. v. Maandeo Motors India Private Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Appointment of sole arbitrator — Mahindra And Mahindra Ltd v. Maandeo Motors India Private Limited — Commercial Arbitration Application No. 450 of 2024, Bombay High Court Commercial Division (Arif S. Doctor, J., 5th February, 2026) — Dealership Agreement dated 5th July, 2018, Clause 45 arbitration clause (sole arbitrator appointed by the Company, Mumbai seat, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996) — arbitration invoked by letter dated 22nd August, 2022, unanswered — Respondent's acknowledgment of outstanding dues (pages 104, 112, 114) — no Affidavit-in-Reply — no dispute on existence of Agreement or arbitrability — Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale, Former Judge of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, appointed sole Arbitrator — disclosure under Section 12(1) directed — Application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Appointment of Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale, Former Judge of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, as sole Arbitrator, with a request to the learned Arbitrator to file an appropriate disclosure under Section 12(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 in the Registry of this Court.