Jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal over claim after approval of resolution plan found absent; award set aside and proceedings terminated

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....Whether an arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction to adjudicate a claim after approval of a resolution plan: tribunal found the claim was disclosed as a contingent operational debt in the resolution plan, the CoC and Adjudicating Authority approved the plan under Section 31(1) IBC, and precedent (Electrosteel) holds such approval extinguishes liabilities rendering the tribunal without jurisdiction-impugned arbitral order set aside and proceedings terminated. Whether high court could entertain interference under Articles 226/227: court may interfere only if the arbitral order is perverse or lacks inherent jurisdiction; here that jurisdiction was absent, so petition is allowed. - HC....