Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. v. Dipika Vishnu Tivalekar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC batch order (Abhay Ahuja, J., 06-04-2026; Serial Nos.13-266, 277-294) relying on Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India, 2026 SCC Online SC 7 (unilateral arbitrator appointment void ab initio; ineligibility raisable even in execution): applications dismissed where Prothonotary & Senior Master's office found sole arbitrator's appointment unilateral; arbitral awards set aside; Commercial Execution Applications, Interim Applications and Chamber Summons disposed; fresh arbitration permitted with limitation exclusion from invocation till order; liberty to apply under proviso to S.12(5), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, for express written waiver.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the applicants: the said applications stand dismissed and the respective arbitral awards stand set aside; parties may initiate fresh arbitration proceedings in accordance with law, with the period from invocation of arbitration till today excluded for limitation, and liberty to apply under the proviso to Section 12(5) where an express written waiver of ineligibility exists.