M/S APS KUSHWAHA (SSI UNIT) vs MUNICIPAL CORP.GWALIOR .

The Supreme Court addressed the jurisdiction of the arbitrator appointed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, in light of the Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983. The Court held that the sole arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to decide the disputes as they were required to be resolved by the statutory arbitral tribunal under the 1983 Act. Consequently, the arbitral award was set aside, affirming the High Court's decision that the appointment of the arbitrator was invalid due to inherent lack of jurisdiction.