Ahuja Classes vs Bothra Classes on 8 September, 2020
The `classical notion' that the High Court while
exercising its power under Section 11 of the Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter for short `the Act')
must appoint the arbitrator as per the contract between
the parties saw a significant erosion in ACE Pipeline
Contracts (P) Ltd. v. Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.,
2007(2) R.C.R.(Civil) 407 : 2007(2) Recent Apex
Judgments (R.A.J.) 335 : (2007) 5 SCC 304 , wherein this
Court had taken the view that though the contract between
the parties must be adhered to, deviations therefrom in
exceptional circumstances would be permissible.