Apoorva Saini v. the Bangalore International School Trust
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru (Suraj Govindaraj J.; NC: 2025:KHC:49862; order dated 28.11.2025) in CMP No. 234/2025 c/w CMP No. 289/2025 — Section 11(5) and 11(6), Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; appointment of sole arbitrator; employment arbitration clauses (Clause 21.2, General Terms and Conditions of Employment dated 20.09.2023; employee's Terms of Employment, Annexure B (Colly)); consensual reference to Bangalore Mediation Centre with arbitration as fallback; Hon'ble Justice Sri. P.N. Desai (former Judge) appointed sole Arbitrator under the aegis of the Court-annexed Arbitration Centre; parties: Apoorva Saini v. Bangalore International School Trust; advocates: Naveen Chandra V., Sundara Raman M.V., Jayna Kothari (Senior Advocate).
What did the court decide?
Both CMPs allowed; disputes referred to the Bangalore Mediation Centre, parties to appear before its Director at 2:30 p.m. on 11.12.2025; upon failure of mediation, disputes referred to arbitration with Hon'ble Justice Sri. P.N. Desai (former Judge) appointed sole Arbitrator under the aegis of the Arbitration Centre attached to the Court; all contentions left open; Registry to return original/certified copies to the parties producing them.