On 2 April 2026, a Supreme Court bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe held in Rajiv Gaddh v. Subodh Parkash that a subsequent application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — based on the same cause of action as one already abandoned — is barred on the principles contained in Order 23 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A digest of the ruling, the facts that drove it, the doctrinal extension into the appointment stage, and what it tells practitioners about strategy and abandonment.
On 26 May 2026, the Supreme Court held that a party who participates in arbitral proceedings after the arbitrator's mandate has expired — without objection — cannot later challenge the award on the ground of expired mandate. A close reading of the doctrine, its interaction with the Court's earlier 2026 rulings on Section 29A, and what it means for the practitioner advising on tribunal continuity.