KG basin dispute: SC appoints Oz judge as arbitrator
25 Sept 2014 4:43 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed a retired Australian judge Michael Kirby as chairman of the three-member arbitration panel to resolve the dispute between the Centre and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin.
Kirby’s name, who is the former judge of the Australian High Court, was suggested to Justice JS Khehar by RIL’s senior advocate Harish Salve and consented by solicitor general Ranjit Kumar, who had only one reservation that the third member who was to be an international person must be a judge and not an advocate.
Other two members of the Arbitral Tribunal are former Chief Justices of India — SP Bharucha and VN Khare.
Hudson McHugh was named as chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal as the apex court had on 2 April withdrawn the appointment of James Spigelman, ex-Chief Justice and LG of New South Wales, Australia.
Kirby’s name, who is the former judge of the Australian High Court, was suggested to Justice JS Khehar by RIL’s senior advocate Harish Salve and consented by solicitor general Ranjit Kumar, who had only one reservation that the third member who was to be an international person must be a judge and not an advocate.
Other two members of the Arbitral Tribunal are former Chief Justices of India — SP Bharucha and VN Khare.
Hudson McHugh was named as chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal as the apex court had on 2 April withdrawn the appointment of James Spigelman, ex-Chief Justice and LG of New South Wales, Australia.
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