Batch of commercial execution applications listed after the Supreme Court found unilateral arbitrator appointments void ab initio. Awards set aside and applications dismissed, parties permitted fresh arbitration with limitation exclusion and liberty to rely on express waiver.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
SERIAL NOS. 901 TO 1151
Mr. Suraj Gupta i/b S. G. Lega & Associates for the Applicant in Sr. No. 907, 914 and 1033 to 1038.
Mr. Raj Ambetkar i/bMs. Swantantri Waghmare for the Applicant in Sr. No. 1018.
None present in other matters.
CORAM : ABHAY AHUJA, J. DATE : 21st April 2026
PC:-
Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Bhadra International (India) Pvt.
Ltd. and Others vs. Airports Authority of India1 where the Hon'ble Supreme Court has observed that unilateral appointment of arbitrator is void ab initio and the ineligibility can be raised at any stage and even in execution.
NIKITA YOGESH GADGIL
Digitally signed by NIKITA YOGESH GADGIL Date: 2026.04.21 17:33:11 +0530
the connected Interim Applications as well as the Chamber Summons, if any, stand accordingly dismissed / disposed.
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(ABHAY AHUJA, J.)
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1 issue framed by the court
Should arbitral awards stand set aside where the sole arbitrator's appointment was unilateral, per the Supreme Court's decision in Bhadra International?
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Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Others vs. Airports Authority of IndiaRelied on¶1
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