https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388414 Requests for appointment of an arbitrator made before the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 were to be examined under the unamended statute, because Section 21 governed the proceedings as invoked. Where the contract prescribed a specific appointment mechanism under Clause 64 of the General Conditions of Contract, that contractual procedure had to be followed and the court should not substitute an independent arbitrator. The objections concerning final bill settlement and no claim certificates were left open for the arbitral tribunal. The impugned judgments were set aside and the contractual mode of appointment was restored. en-us Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:55:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388414 Requests for appointment of an arbitrator made before the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 were to be examined under the unamended statute, because Section 21 governed the proceedings as invoked. Where the contract prescribed a specific appointment mechanism under Clause 64 of the General Conditions of Contract, that contractual procedure had to be followed and the court should not substitute an independent arbitrator. The objections concerning final bill settlement and no claim certificates were left open for the arbitral tribunal. The impugned judgments were set aside and the contractual mode of appointment was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388414