Supreme Court of India
State of West Bengal v. Amritlal Chatterjee
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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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- 2004 U.P. State Sugar Corpn. Ltd. v. Jain Construction Co. and Anr.
- 2004 Milk Food Ltd. v. M/s. Gmc Ice Cream (p) Ltd.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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