Nkg Infrastructure Limited v. Union of India through Director General Married Accommodation Project & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
NKG Infrastructure Limited v. Union of India through Director General Married Accommodation Project & Anr., ARB.P. 2108/2024, High Court of Delhi, Subramonium Prasad, J., decided 14.02.2025. Section 152 CPC application to modify order dated 13.01.2025 appointing arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 dismissed; court appointment distinguished from unilateral/empanelled-list appointment; arbitrator's fees to be governed by DIAC; contract dated 08.09.2010; Bikaner residential accommodation project.
What did the court decide?
The appointment is by the Court and not by consent from a list of arbitrators; it does not amount to a unilateral appointment or an appointment from an empanelled list of Arbitrators, and the Court does not accept the Respondent's contentions to the contrary. ¶21