Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal v. Amritlal Chatterjee

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 346
Bench V.N. Khare and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 3 September 2003

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in the appeals.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Arbitration Act, 1940: Ss. 5, 11 and 12-Application for removal of arbitrator and appointment of new arbitrator-High Court allowed the application and appointed new arbitrator-Meanwhile 1996 Act came into force-Order of High Court challenged as without jurisdiction on account of the new Act coming into force-Held, the earlier arbitrator was appointed prior to the new Act came into force-Jn view of s. 21 of the new Act, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, arbitral proceedings commence on the date on which a request for the dispute to be referred to arbitrator is received by the

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