PATNA, India, April 21 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on April 18:

Heard Mr. Prashant Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rana Vikram singh, the learned counsel for the respondents.

2. This application has been moved seeking appointment of an Arbitrator invoking the powers of this Court under Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

3. The Petitioner and the respondents entered into an agreement dated 22.02.2022. The said agreement contains an arbitration clause as Clause-25. The petitioner's firms invoked the arbitration clause by sending a notice under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for appointment of an Arbitrator on 01.07.2024 (Annexure-P13 ), but to ...