Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 · Chapter V
Section 18: Equal treatment of parties
The parties shall be treated with equality and each party shall be given a full opportunity to present his case.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 18
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State of Uttar Pradesh and Another v. R.K. Pandey and Another
Matter pertains to the enforceability of the ex-parte awards against the employer-State Government and the principal of the medical college, when the employer objected the authenticity of the arbitration agreement…
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Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/S Eci Spic Smo Mcml (Jv) A Joint Venture Company
a) Whether an appointment process which allows a party who has an interest in the dispute to unilaterally appoint a sole arbitrator, or curate a panel of arbitrators and mandate that the other party select their…