Maintainability of Application for termination of mandate of an Arbitrator

Application for termination of mandate of an Arbitrator under Section 14(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is maintainable before the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction i.e. the District Judge and not before the High Court. 2. The present is an application under Section 11(6) read with Sections 12, 14 & 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short “the Act, 1996”) for termination of mandate given to the Arbitrator Mr. Sajjan Agrawal and thereafter, appointment of an Arbitrator to substitute him, for adjudication of the dispute between the part...