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2 February 2026

Joint Application By Parties Seeking Extension Of Mandate Of An Arbitral Tribunal Amounts To Waiver From Challenging Order Of Appointment Of Arbitrator

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The SC, in Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. v. Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd., held that a joint application seeking extension of the mandate of an arbitral tribunal under Section 29A of the Arbitration...
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The SC, in Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. v. Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd.,1 held that a joint application seeking extension of the mandate of an arbitral tribunal under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 amounts to a waiver from challenging an Order of appointment of an arbitrator, except in cases of statutory ineligibility of the arbitral tribunal.

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1 Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd., 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2578.

Originally published 30 January 2026

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