ILC-2011-SC-ARB-Mar-2
Deutsche Post Bank Home Finance Ltd. Vs. Taduri Sridhar & another
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 11
Appointment of an Arbitrator - Allowed - Whether appellant could be made a party to arbitration - Even though appellant was not a party to arbitration agreement - Held - No - If a person who is not a party to arbitration agreement is impleaded as a party to petition - Court should either delete such party from the array of parties - Make it clear - Arbitrator appointed - Only to decide disputes between parties to arbitration agreement - Existence of an arbitration agreement in a contract - Not enable to implead appellant as a party to an arbitration - Regard to his disputes with developer.
Keerthi Prabhakar, Aniruddha P. Mayee
Topic(s)-Appointment of an Arbitrator
Important Decision(s)- Not a party to arbitration agreement whether could be made a party to arbitration - No.