Singapore Supreme Court sets aside 'copy-pasted' arbitral award passed by ex-CJI Dipak Misra panel

Former CJI Dipak Misra copy-pasted 212 of 451 paras in order, says Singapore top court

The court quashed an arbitration award by former CJI Dipak Misra.

Singapore Supreme Court sets aside ‘copy-pasted’ arbitral award by former CJI Dipak Misra’s tribunal

At least 212 paragraphs from parallel awards had been retained in the 451-paragraph award passed by Misra’s panel, the court said.

"Reproduced Verbatim...": Singapore Court Nixes Order By Ex-CJI-Led Panel

The Singapore Supreme Court has set aside a ruling from an arbitration tribunal led by ex-Chief Justice of India Deepak Mishra after observing that 47 per cent of its contents were copied verbatim from two prior awards involving him.

Singapore’s top court sets aside ‘copied and pasted’ arbitral award passed by former CJI Dipak Misra-led tribunal

The ruling noted that such ‘copied and pasted’ portions from two prior Indian arbitration awards cast a ‘doubt on the integrity’ of the arbitral process

Singapore's top court sets aside 47% copy-pasted arbitral award presided over by ex-CJI Dipak Misra

Bench of Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Steven Chong observed that 212 of 451 paragraphs were copied from other arbitral awards & that this approach was in breach of natural justice.

Singapore Supreme Court sets aside ‘copied and pasted’ arbitral award presided by former CJI Dipak Misra

Significantly, the Court of Appeal in a 40-page ruling named that the Presiding Arbitrator in all three awards in question was former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.