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Dec 3, 2013

Appellant had not raised objections prior to the first arbitration hearing

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.& Anr. vs Motorola India Pvt.Ltd. on 15 ... - Hon'ble Supreme Court of India observed as  "17.The provision under clause 16.2 that quantification of the Liquidated Damages shall be final and cannot be challenged by the supplier Motorolla is clearly in restraint of legal proceedings under section 28 of the Indian Contracts Act. So the provision to this effect has to be held bad.
18.Pursuant to section 4 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a party who knows that a requirement under the arbitration agreement has not been complied with and still proceeds with the arbitration without raising an objection, as soon as possible, waives their right to object. The High Court had appointed an arbitrator in response to the petition filed by the appellant. At this point, the matter was closed unless further objections were to be raised. If further objections were to be made after this order, they should have been made prior to the first arbitration hearing. But the appellant had not raised any such objections. The appellant therefore had clearly failed to meet the stated requirement to object to arbitration without delay. As such their right to object is deemed to be waived."

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