Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 6 · Decided 5 January 2026
Bhadra International (India) PVT. LTD. & ORS. v. Airports Authority of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 6 · [2026] 1 S.C.R. 30
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 37/2026
- Decided
- 5 January 2026
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Arbitration Act Section 12, 12(5), 21
Headnote
i) Whether the sole arbitrator could be said to have become "ineligible to be appointed as an arbitrator" by virtue of sub-section (5) of s.12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; ii) whether the parties could be said to have waived (5) of s.12 of the Act, 1996, by way of their conduct, either expressed or implied; iii) whether the appellants could have raised an objection to the appointment of the sole arbitrator for the first time in an application u/s.34 of the Act, 1996. Arbitration and
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