Tata Capital Limited v. Ajay a Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Unilateral appointment of sole arbitrator void ab initio; ineligibility raisable at any stage including execution; Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Others v. Airports Authority of India, 2026 SCC Online SC 7; arbitral award set aside; commercial execution application dismissed; Prothonotary & Senior Master finding; fresh arbitration permitted; limitation exclusion from invocation till order; proviso to Section 12(5) Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 express written waiver; Bombay High Court batch order; Abhay Ahuja J.; chamber summons and interim applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the applicants; the applications stand dismissed, the respective arbitral awards stand set aside, and the Commercial Execution Applications, connected Interim Applications and Chamber Summons stand dismissed/disposed; parties are left free to initiate fresh arbitration in accordance with law with the period from invocation till today excluded for limitation, and with liberty to apply upon an express written waiver under the proviso to Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.