Three domestic arbitral awards annulled for manifest contradictions and patent illegality; sole former-judge arbitrator appointed to rehear disputes

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....The HC quashed and set aside the three domestic arbitral awards as implausible and irreparably infected by manifest contradictions and inconsistent findings by a common arbitrator sitting on different appellate tribunals, rendering the awards vitiated by patent illegality and perversity. The court found the awards indivisible and incapable of segregation; none could be salvaged. The HC appointed a sole arbitrator (former judge) to re-adjudicate the disputes between the parties and directed further arbitral proceedings accordingly. The petition was disposed of and all three awards annulled.....