Hdfc Bank Limited v. Piyush Krishnanand Mehta
Case brief
What is this about?
Unilateral appointment of arbitrator; sole arbitrator ineligible; void ab initio; ineligibility raised in execution; Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India; 2026 SCC Online SC 7; Section 12(5) Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; proviso waiver of ineligibility; arbitral awards set aside; Commercial Execution Applications dismissed; Interim Applications; Chamber Summons disposed; fresh arbitration permitted; limitation exclusion from invocation; Bombay High Court OOCJ; Abhay Ahuja J.; 10 April 2026.
What did the court decide?
The Commercial Execution Applications and the connected Interim Applications as well as the Chamber Summons (if any) stand dismissed/disposed; the respective arbitral awards stand set aside; parties are open to initiate fresh arbitration proceedings in accordance with law, with the period from invocation of arbitration till the date of this order excluded for limitation; liberty to apply where an express written agreement waiving ineligibility or the right to object under Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 exists.