Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrator vis-à-vis Termination of Mandate

Posted on February 9, 2023/ Ashish Kumar and Urja Joshi/ Posted in Arbitration Law By Ashish Kumar and Urja Joshi. The authors are students at NMIMS School of Law, Bangalore. The Calcutta High Court (“Cal HC”) recently expounded the scope of Section 14(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) in the judgment of Yashovardhan Sinha HUF v. Satyatej Vyapaar Pvt. Ltd.[i] The Section 14 of the 1996 Act is as under: “Failure…