Thereafter, by a partial award, dated 27th November, 2014, the sole Arbitrator had ruled that the appointment made by the SIAC under the IAA is valid as the parties have expressly agreed that Singapore would be the seat of Arbitration.
Clause 30.3 by which the parties had agreed that arbitration proceedings shall be held at Singapore has to be companysequently companystrued to mean that the seat of Arbitration companytinues to be India and Singapore is only the venue of the hearings to be companyducted in the Arbitration proceedings.
On the said basis, it is companytended that the present application under Section 11 6 of the Act would justify appropriate orders from the Court.
Appointment of an Arbitrator under the Joint Venture Agreement dated 26th December, 2011 for short the JVA by and between the parties has been sought by means of the present application.
A companyy of the said numberice intimation was received by the petitioner on 11th September, 2014.
A hearing on the question of jurisdiction was also held in Singapore on 18th November, 2014.
This was so done on 5th September, 2014.
Thereafter, the petitioner had instituted the present proceeding on 15th September, 2014.
