https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198148 Where a contract requires disputes to be referred to an arbitration committee within 30 days of receipt of the demand notice and fee, the period runs from actual receipt of the notice, not from any later internal office entry. If the respondent does not take an effective step within that stipulated time, it forfeits the contractual right to make the appointment under the agreed procedure. In that default situation, recourse under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 becomes available, and the court may appoint an arbitrator. The decision therefore treats non-compliance with the contractual timeframe as a waiver of the appointment right and upholds judicial intervention to constitute the tribunal. en-us Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:38:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198148 Where a contract requires disputes to be referred to an arbitration committee within 30 days of receipt of the demand notice and fee, the period runs from actual receipt of the notice, not from any later internal office entry. If the respondent does not take an effective step within that stipulated time, it forfeits the contractual right to make the appointment under the agreed procedure. In that default situation, recourse under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 becomes available, and the court may appoint an arbitrator. The decision therefore treats non-compliance with the contractual timeframe as a waiver of the appointment right and upholds judicial intervention to constitute the tribunal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198148