https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127590 An arbitrator's authority cannot be revoked on vague suspicion or a party's subjective loss of confidence; the governing test is whether a reasonable and fair-minded person would find a real likelihood of bias. The alleged grounds did not meet that standard: failure to record extended arguments or give a speaking order on preliminary objections at an interlocutory stage, refusal to state a special case under the Arbitration Act, 1940, differences in hearing time between references, venue change for practical reasons, and complaints about expenses did not show prejudice. Viewed against repeated attempts to delay the proceedings, the challenge was correctly rejected and no reasonable apprehension of bias was established. en-us Tue, 29 Mar 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127590 An arbitrator's authority cannot be revoked on vague suspicion or a party's subjective loss of confidence; the governing test is whether a reasonable and fair-minded person would find a real likelihood of bias. The alleged grounds did not meet that standard: failure to record extended arguments or give a speaking order on preliminary objections at an interlocutory stage, refusal to state a special case under the Arbitration Act, 1940, differences in hearing time between references, venue change for practical reasons, and complaints about expenses did not show prejudice. Viewed against repeated attempts to delay the proceedings, the challenge was correctly rejected and no reasonable apprehension of bias was established. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 29 Mar 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127590