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Appointment of Arbitrator – Absence of Written Agreement – HELD the parties themselves agreed on a procedure for appointment of the arbitrator and appointed and nominated an arbitrator by mutual consent – Therefore, the application under section 11(6) of the Act, 1996 was not maintainable at all.

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