https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160853 In an exceptional case, a court may revoke an arbitrator's authority and treat the arbitration agreement as ineffective where the underlying claim is hopelessly time-barred and the claimant has remained inactive for a long period. The analysis applies the Arbitration Act, 1940: revocation of authority may be granted with leave of court, and once authority is revoked the arbitration agreement can cease to operate for the dispute. Limitation applies to arbitration, and prolonged inaction may show that the claimant slept over its rights. On the stated facts, no effective step was taken for more than ten years, so the dispute was already barred when arbitration was invoked and relief from the arbitration agreement was justified. en-us Fri, 23 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160853 In an exceptional case, a court may revoke an arbitrator's authority and treat the arbitration agreement as ineffective where the underlying claim is hopelessly time-barred and the claimant has remained inactive for a long period. The analysis applies the Arbitration Act, 1940: revocation of authority may be granted with leave of court, and once authority is revoked the arbitration agreement can cease to operate for the dispute. Limitation applies to arbitration, and prolonged inaction may show that the claimant slept over its rights. On the stated facts, no effective step was taken for more than ten years, so the dispute was already barred when arbitration was invoked and relief from the arbitration agreement was justified. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 23 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160853