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Related person cannot name arbitrator

After the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, any person having a relationship with the parties or counsel or the subject of dispute becomes ineligible to be an arbitrator. Such a person cannot nominate an arbitrator either. “His mandate automatically terminates, and he shall then be substituted by another arbitrator,” the Supreme Court underlined in its judgment last week in the case, Bharat Broadband Network Ltd vs United Telecoms Ltd. The amendment was carried out after a report from the Law Commission following controversies over the independence and impartiality of arbitrators. Public sector firms