https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462280 A contractual arbitration clause made reference to arbitration contingent on a prior determination by the General Manager whether claims were "notified claims" included in the final bill, so that threshold issue could not be decided by the arbitral tribunal and had to be determined first under the contract. The respondent's failure to place the claims before the General Manager did not expand arbitral jurisdiction or waive the contractual precondition. The Court also applied neutrality principles to the appointment mechanism and found that a sole arbitrator selected from a restricted three-name panel supplied at the respondent's discretion raised concern over real choice and bias, requiring compliance with broader panel standards. en-us Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 22:29:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462280 A contractual arbitration clause made reference to arbitration contingent on a prior determination by the General Manager whether claims were "notified claims" included in the final bill, so that threshold issue could not be decided by the arbitral tribunal and had to be determined first under the contract. The respondent's failure to place the claims before the General Manager did not expand arbitral jurisdiction or waive the contractual precondition. The Court also applied neutrality principles to the appointment mechanism and found that a sole arbitrator selected from a restricted three-name panel supplied at the respondent's discretion raised concern over real choice and bias, requiring compliance with broader panel standards. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462280