The Supreme Court of India recently appointed advocate Shraddha Deshmukh as the sole arbitrator in an international commercial arbitration. [Acarer Metal Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS v Lalwani Ferro Alloys Ltd].The appointment of Deshmukh marks a departure from the often criticised practice of appointing retired judges as arbitrators. .The order of appointment was passed by a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra..Courts should shed habit of appointing only retired judges as arbitrators: Justice L Nageswara Rao.Deshmukh earned her Bachelor's degree in law from Indian Law Society's (ILS) Law College, Pune, in 2010. She then pursued her Master's degree from the University of Oxford.From 2011 to 2014, she was associated with Karanjawala and Company followed by Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.Between 2014 and 2018, Deshmukh worked with Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal before working with Senior Advocate KK Venugopal, the Attorney General for India at the time.Since 2018, she has been practicing independently before the Supreme Court of India..Arbitration in India under the "tight fist grip" of retired judges: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.[Read order of appointment]
The Supreme Court of India recently appointed advocate Shraddha Deshmukh as the sole arbitrator in an international commercial arbitration. [Acarer Metal Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS v Lalwani Ferro Alloys Ltd].The appointment of Deshmukh marks a departure from the often criticised practice of appointing retired judges as arbitrators. .The order of appointment was passed by a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra..Courts should shed habit of appointing only retired judges as arbitrators: Justice L Nageswara Rao.Deshmukh earned her Bachelor's degree in law from Indian Law Society's (ILS) Law College, Pune, in 2010. She then pursued her Master's degree from the University of Oxford.From 2011 to 2014, she was associated with Karanjawala and Company followed by Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.Between 2014 and 2018, Deshmukh worked with Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal before working with Senior Advocate KK Venugopal, the Attorney General for India at the time.Since 2018, she has been practicing independently before the Supreme Court of India..Arbitration in India under the "tight fist grip" of retired judges: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.[Read order of appointment]