NPAC Newsletter Dispute Resolutions December 2020
The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre Volume 14 IssueIssue 25 April October 2021 2018 Message to the Readers As is well established and often repeated, the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is a complete code in itself. It follows that the remedies contemplated by invocation of Article 226 of the Indian Constitution would only have a limited application in this area. However, as we all know, in law there is hardly a rule without an exception. Following cases are some interesting exceptions to the above-mentioned rule: GOVERNING COUNCIL In Sanjana M. Wig vs. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Justice M.N.Venkatachaliah Former Chief Justice of India (2005) 8 SCC 242, a two judge Bench of the Supreme Court, speaking Soli J. Sorabjee through Justice Mr. SB Sinha, observed: Former Attorney General of India K.K.Venugopal Attorney General of India, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India “12. The principal question which arises for consideration isas to Justice AP Shah, whether a discretionary jurisdiction would be refused tobe exercised Former Chairman, Law Commission of India and Former Chief Justice of the High Courts of Madras and New Delhi solely on the ground of existence of an alternative remedy which is B.S. Raghavan, I.A.S. (Retd.), more efficacious... Former Advisor to the United Nations (FAO) Iqbal Chagla Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court 13. However, access to justice by way of public law remedy would not T.S. Krishnamurthy Former Chief Election Commissioner of India be denied when a lis involves public law character and when the BOARD OF DIRECTORS forum chosen by the parties would not be in a position to grant S.
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