https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159572 Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 gives primacy to the parties' agreed arbitral appointment procedure, which should be respected and, as far as possible, preserved; court intervention under Section 11(6) is appropriate only after that procedure fails. In making an appointment under Section 11(8), the appointing authority must give due regard to the qualifications stipulated in the agreement and to the need for an independent and impartial arbitrator. The provision does not require automatic appointment of the named person, but it does require meaningful consideration of the contractual criteria and neutrality requirements. en-us Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159572 Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 gives primacy to the parties' agreed arbitral appointment procedure, which should be respected and, as far as possible, preserved; court intervention under Section 11(6) is appropriate only after that procedure fails. In making an appointment under Section 11(8), the appointing authority must give due regard to the qualifications stipulated in the agreement and to the need for an independent and impartial arbitrator. The provision does not require automatic appointment of the named person, but it does require meaningful consideration of the contractual criteria and neutrality requirements. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159572