Tata Capital Limited v. Shetty Apurva
Case brief
What is this about?
unilateral appointment of sole arbitrator; void ab initio; ineligibility raised even in execution; Commercial Execution Applications dismissed; arbitral awards set aside; fresh arbitration permitted; limitation exclusion from invocation till today; proviso to Section 12(5) Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; waiver of ineligibility; Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India, 2026 SCC Online SC 7; office of Prothonotary & Senior Master; Bombay High Court Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; Abhay Ahuja J.
What did the court decide?
Applications dismissed and the respective arbitral awards set aside; parties free to initiate fresh arbitration with the period from invocation till today excluded for limitation; liberty to apply where an express written waiver exists under the proviso to Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.