https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470504 A concluded arbitrator appointment under Section 11(6) cannot be reopened on merits through review, as the referral court performs only a limited prima facie examination and substantive jurisdictional issues ordinarily lie with the tribunal. A unilateral and exclusionary appointment procedure may violate neutrality and equality, but its invalid terms are severable where the clause otherwise contains a clear agreement to arbitrate; the substantive arbitration agreement survives for neutral appointment. Joint mandate-extension applications constitute waiver by conduct for procedural non-compliance under Section 4, but cannot waive mandatory arbitrator ineligibility under Section 12(5) without an express written post-dispute agreement. A substitute arbitrator should continue from the interrupted stage. en-us Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:59:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470504 A concluded arbitrator appointment under Section 11(6) cannot be reopened on merits through review, as the referral court performs only a limited prima facie examination and substantive jurisdictional issues ordinarily lie with the tribunal. A unilateral and exclusionary appointment procedure may violate neutrality and equality, but its invalid terms are severable where the clause otherwise contains a clear agreement to arbitrate; the substantive arbitration agreement survives for neutral appointment. Joint mandate-extension applications constitute waiver by conduct for procedural non-compliance under Section 4, but cannot waive mandatory arbitrator ineligibility under Section 12(5) without an express written post-dispute agreement. A substitute arbitrator should continue from the interrupted stage. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=470504