https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306673 An advocate appointed as arbitrator is not ineligible merely because he is occasionally briefed by the law firm appearing for one party, where he has never represented that party. The amended arbitration provisions on independence, impartiality, disclosure and ineligibility target a proximate relationship that creates justifiable doubts or a reasonable apprehension of bias. Item 3 of the Seventh Schedule and the corresponding Fifth Schedule entry apply when the law firm itself is the client, or the arbitrator is truly representing that firm, not where the firm briefs independent counsel in unrelated matters. The alleged connection was too remote to amount to statutory disqualification, and the challenge failed. en-us Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 06:44:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306673 An advocate appointed as arbitrator is not ineligible merely because he is occasionally briefed by the law firm appearing for one party, where he has never represented that party. The amended arbitration provisions on independence, impartiality, disclosure and ineligibility target a proximate relationship that creates justifiable doubts or a reasonable apprehension of bias. Item 3 of the Seventh Schedule and the corresponding Fifth Schedule entry apply when the law firm itself is the client, or the arbitrator is truly representing that firm, not where the firm briefs independent counsel in unrelated matters. The alleged connection was too remote to amount to statutory disqualification, and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306673