https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425504 Section 42 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 confers exclusive jurisdiction on the first court approached in relation to an arbitration agreement. Where a Section 9 application had already been filed before one court, a later Section 11(6) request could not be entertained by another High Court. Consent or non-objection by the opposite party could not cure the want of jurisdiction. The later appointment order was therefore set aside as not maintainable before the Orissa High Court, and the party was left free to approach the competent court first seized of the matter. en-us Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:17:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425504 Section 42 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 confers exclusive jurisdiction on the first court approached in relation to an arbitration agreement. Where a Section 9 application had already been filed before one court, a later Section 11(6) request could not be entertained by another High Court. Consent or non-objection by the opposite party could not cure the want of jurisdiction. The later appointment order was therefore set aside as not maintainable before the Orissa High Court, and the party was left free to approach the competent court first seized of the matter. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425504