Aditya Birla Finance Limited v. Pabitra Barik
Case brief
What is this about?
Auxile Finserve Pvt. Ltd. v. Sri Shirdi Sai Education Society; IA 1102/2026 in Execution Application 298/2026; IA 790/2025 in Commercial Execution Application 41/2025; IA 791/2025 in Commercial Execution Application 57/2025; High Court of Judicature at Bombay (OOCJ); Abhay Ahuja, J.; 15 June 2026. Keywords: unilateral appointment of arbitrator; void ab initio; ineligibility raisable even in execution; reliance on Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India, 2026 SCC Online SC 7; respective awards set aside; execution applications and interim applications dismissed/disposed; liberty to initiate fresh arbitration; limitation exclusion from invocation of arbitration till order date.
What did the court decide?
Respective awards set aside; Execution Applications and connected Interim Applications dismissed/disposed; parties permitted to initiate fresh arbitration proceedings in accordance with law; period from invocation of arbitration till the date of the order excluded for limitation.