
Award Cannot Be Set Aside When No Objections Were Raised Before Arbitrator Or Court U/S 12(5) Of Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court
Live LawThe Delhi High Court bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul held that the award cannot be set aside solely on the ground that the appointment of the Arbitrator was illegal in view of section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act when no such objections were raised before the Arbitrator or the court under section 34 of the Arbitration Act. Contentions: The appellants submitted that the appointment of the learned Arbitrator was completely violative of Section 12 of the Arbitration Act, read with the judgments of the Supreme Court in Bharat Broadband Network Limited v United Telecoms Ltd, Perkins Eastman Architects DPC v HSCC Ltd and TRF Limited v Energo Engineering Projects Ltd. Waiver of the application of Section 12 of the Arbitration Act under the proviso to this section, can only be by an agreement in writing. It also observed that even in the petition filed under section 34 of the Arbitration Act challenging the award, no objections as to the appointment of the Arbitrator being barred by section 12 were raised therefore at that stage the appellants had no grievance that the arbitrator was appointed unilaterally. The court held that objections to the appointment of the Arbitrator were raised only when a Miscellaneous Application seeking amendment to the petition under section 34 of the Arbitration Act was filed in which grounds based on section 12 of the Arbitration Act were incorporated.
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