https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105174 Where parties have agreed a stepped procedure for appointing a sole arbitrator, Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot be used to bypass that mechanism. The arbitration clause required an initial decision by the Engineer-in-Charge, then an appeal to the Director General, and only thereafter reference to arbitration, while the Director General retained the right to propose a panel of eligible officers for selection. The High Court held that the contractor's attempt to insist on its own panel was premature because the contractual process had not broken down, and the respondent had acted in accordance with the agreed procedure by forwarding a panel and appointing an arbitrator when no choice was made. en-us Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:30:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105174 Where parties have agreed a stepped procedure for appointing a sole arbitrator, Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot be used to bypass that mechanism. The arbitration clause required an initial decision by the Engineer-in-Charge, then an appeal to the Director General, and only thereafter reference to arbitration, while the Director General retained the right to propose a panel of eligible officers for selection. The High Court held that the contractor's attempt to insist on its own panel was premature because the contractual process had not broken down, and the respondent had acted in accordance with the agreed procedure by forwarding a panel and appointing an arbitrator when no choice was made. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=105174