SC Upholds District Court Jurisdiction Under Arbitration Act as Orissa HC Lacks Original Civil Jurisdiction

Yashpal Chopra And Co. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The appeal before the Orissa High Court arose from a dispute regarding maintainability of proceedings challenging an arbitral award under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The appellants sought interference with the judgment dated 9 May 2012 by which the Court below had held that their challenge to the arbitral award was not maintainable. The appellants submitted that an arbitrator had been appointed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. They had challenged the arbitrator’s appointme...