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In dealing with three judgments of the Delhi High Court and one of Allahabad High Court of Coordinate Bench it is submitted that the aforesaid judgments has no relevance in the present case since Section 26 of the Amending Act has been considered in the aforesaid judgment in relation to Section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. In all the aforesaid cases the facts revolved around the qualification of an Arbitrator. Section 12 read with the 5th and 7th Schedule of the Amended Act is a new right which is being created. The pre-amendment act did not provide any substantive right to any party with regard to qualification of an Arbitrator. By the new schedules the procedure laid down with regard to qualification of an arbitrator has been introduced and being procedural had been held to have a retrospective effect.