https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752791 Section 32(2)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act permits termination of arbitral proceedings only where the tribunal records, on the material before it, that continuation has become unnecessary or impossible. Mere inactivity by a claimant, including failure to seek a hearing date, is not enough to establish abandonment; implied abandonment can be inferred only from clear circumstances leaving no reasonable alternative conclusion. The tribunal must also conduct the proceedings and fix hearings, and a party's default at a hearing is ordinarily addressed under Section 25. On the facts, the record did not show express or implied abandonment, so termination was invalid and the order setting it aside was sustained. en-us Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 May 2024 10:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752791 Section 32(2)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act permits termination of arbitral proceedings only where the tribunal records, on the material before it, that continuation has become unnecessary or impossible. Mere inactivity by a claimant, including failure to seek a hearing date, is not enough to establish abandonment; implied abandonment can be inferred only from clear circumstances leaving no reasonable alternative conclusion. The tribunal must also conduct the proceedings and fix hearings, and a party's default at a hearing is ordinarily addressed under Section 25. On the facts, the record did not show express or implied abandonment, so termination was invalid and the order setting it aside was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752791