https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463954 Repeated appointment of the same arbitrator or arbitral tribunal in disputes arising from the same contract is not, by itself, barred by Section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with Entry 22 of the Fifth Schedule. The Court held that Section 12 and the Fifth Schedule require an objective assessment of whether circumstances give rise to justifiable doubts as to independence or impartiality, viewed from a neutral third person's perspective, while ineligibility under Section 12(5) is confined to the Seventh Schedule. On the facts, the required disclosures had been made and no Seventh Schedule ineligibility was shown, so the objection to reference of the disputes to that tribunal failed. en-us Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:26:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463954 Repeated appointment of the same arbitrator or arbitral tribunal in disputes arising from the same contract is not, by itself, barred by Section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with Entry 22 of the Fifth Schedule. The Court held that Section 12 and the Fifth Schedule require an objective assessment of whether circumstances give rise to justifiable doubts as to independence or impartiality, viewed from a neutral third person's perspective, while ineligibility under Section 12(5) is confined to the Seventh Schedule. On the facts, the required disclosures had been made and no Seventh Schedule ineligibility was shown, so the objection to reference of the disputes to that tribunal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463954