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.IN Registry came out with new rules and regulations in September 2020, whereby all the existing 25 Arbitrators retired as having served for more than 2 years. And the new 15 Arbitrators are finally on board. The NIXI website reads (source):
The below arbitrators have been chosen by NIXI after having proved their qualifications. They have signed a Declaration of Impartiality and Independence form, under which they shall discharge their responsibilities:
- Ms. Binny Kalra
- Mr. Kamal Dave
- Dr. Karnika Seth
- Mr. Neeraj Arora
- Mr. Pankaj Garg
- Ms. Punita Bhargava
- Mr. Rajesh Bisaria
- Mr. Robin Ratnakar David
- Mr. R.K. Kashyap
- Dr. Sheetal Vohra
- Mr. Sridharan Rajan Ramkumar
- Mr. Vakul Sharma
- Dr. Vedula Gopinath
- Mr. V.P. Pathak
- Mr. Vikrant Rana
The Arbitrators were recruited twice before 2010 and 12 more in 2014, which made count to 27 Arbitrators. Previous 27 Arbitrator list included:
- Mr. Amarjit Singh
- Mr. Ankur Raheja
- Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh
- Dr. Ashwinie Kumar Bansal
- Mr. C.A. Brijesh
- Mr. Dipak G Parmar
- Ms. Divya Balasundaram
- Ms. Harini Narayanswamy
- Mr. Harshavardhan Sancheti
- Mr. James Mukkattukavunkal
- Mr. Jayant Kumar
- Ms. Lucy Rana
- Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran
- Ms. Pooja Dodd
- Ms. Rachna Bakhru
- Mr. Rajiv Singh Chauhan
- Mr. Ranjan Narula
- Mr. Rodney D. Ryder
- Mr. Sampath Sridharan
- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Mr. Saravanan Dandapani
- Mr. Shirish Chintamani Inamdar
- Mr. Sonal Kumar Singh
- Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal
- Dr. Sudhir Raja Ravindran
- Dr. Vinod Kumar Aggrawal
- Mr. Visheshwar Shrivastav
Now any Arbitrator can continue only for 2 years and then there would be a cooling off period of 1 year. So the retired Arbitrators can apply after one year but are expected to remain in waiting as the new Arbitrators will retire now around October – November 2022, i.e. after 2 years.
