Arbitrator Appointment cannot be challenged under Section 14 of A&C Act

Sacheerome Advanced Technologies (SAT) Vs NEC Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (NECI) (Delhi High Court) In the present case, the petitioner did not make any application challenging the appointment of learned Arbitrator under Section 13 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act); it filed an application styled as under Section 16 read with Section 14(1)(a) of the A&C Act. Nonetheless, in substance, the petitioner had challenged the appointment of the learned Arbitrator. The learned Arbitrator considered the said application and has since decided the same. In the circumstances, the o...