https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303535 Under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, the opposite party's contractual right to appoint a sole arbitrator is forfeited if it does not act before the Section 11(6) application is filed, and a later unilateral appointment has no legal effect. Section 11(8) requires regard to contractual qualifications and the need for an independent, impartial arbitrator; where no special qualification is prescribed, an appointment by the defaulting party's own officer does not meet that standard. The refusal to appoint an arbitrator was therefore set aside and the matter remitted for fresh consideration of the appointment request. en-us Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 09:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303535 Under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, the opposite party's contractual right to appoint a sole arbitrator is forfeited if it does not act before the Section 11(6) application is filed, and a later unilateral appointment has no legal effect. Section 11(8) requires regard to contractual qualifications and the need for an independent, impartial arbitrator; where no special qualification is prescribed, an appointment by the defaulting party's own officer does not meet that standard. The refusal to appoint an arbitrator was therefore set aside and the matter remitted for fresh consideration of the appointment request. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303535