In Brief
Serosoft Solutions, an educational software startup, and Dexter Capital Advisors entered into a service agreement. Following disputes over unpaid advisory fees, Dexter initiated arbitration. During proceedings, when the Tribunal denied Dexter's request for additional cross-examination time after already allowing 12+ hours, Dexter challenged this through a High Court petition under Article 227. The High Court granted the request. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that courts must exercise restraint in interfering with arbitral decisions. The Tribunal had already provided full and sufficient opportunity; permitting interference would undermine arbitration's efficiency. The Court emphasised that Article 227 interference requires the order to be manifestly perverse, which was not established here."
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