INDIAN COUNCIL OF ARBITRATION

INDIAN COUNCIL OF ARBITRATION
(Sponsored by Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India)
Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi-110001.
Tel: 23719103, 23319849, 23738760-70 (11 Lines) Fax: (91) 11 23320714, 23721504
Website: bisnetworld.net/icanet Email: ica@nda.vsnl.net.in and ica@touchtelindia.net
APPLICATION FORM FOR EMPANELMENT AS AN ARBITRATOR
Full Name: Mr./Ms/___________________________________________________________________
(in Block letters)
Address:____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________Pin____________________
Father’s/Husband’s Name:______________________________________________________________
Occupation:__________________________________________________________________________
Phone/s: (Office)_____________________(Resi.)____________________Fax:____________________
Email:______________________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:________________________Age:_____________Nationality:______________________
(Please attach supporting documents for the purposes of office records)
Educational/Professional Qualifications (Graduation onwards):
Name and Address of College/Institution University Year of Passing
__________________________________________ __________________________ _____________
__________________________________________ __________________________ _____________
__________________________________________ __________________________ _____________
(Please attach supporting documents for the purposes of office records)
Experience:
Employers’ Name Address Position Period
From To
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____________________ ______________________ ___________________ ___________ _________
Members of the following:
Organisations Position Period
From To
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_________________________________ _________________ ____________ ____________
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Are you already a Life Member :______________________________________________________
(Life Membership is pre-requisite for Panel Membership)
Categories of Panel of Arbitrators:
1. Please tick ( √ ) the one of the following Categories you wish to join:
Judges Advocates
Engineers Chartered Accountants/Financial Experts
Executives Shipping
Businessmen Foreign Nationals
Other Area
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Fields of Specialization:
Please put numbers (i.e. 1,2,3……) based on your priority of experience or knowledge:
Agency & Distribution and Franchising Engineering/Technical
Intellectual Property Joint Ventures
Real Estate Power Energy
State Contracts Aviation
Finance Banking International Investments
Commercial Contracts Maritime Shipping
Telecommunications Construction
Insurance Information Technology
Oil, Petroleum and Gas Securities
Steel, Mining & Quarying Corporation & related activities
Agriculture & Food Processing Hotel & Tourism Industry
Automobile Entertainment
Corporate Law Environment
Taxation Transport
Textile/Jute Industry Computer Software
Other Areas
Specialisation & Knowledge of the following products:/business
Tobacco Products Wearing Apparel
Tanning & dressing of leather Wood & Products of Wood & cork except furniture
Paper & Paper Products Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel Chemicals and Chemical Products
Rubber and Plastic Products Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Basic Metals Fabricated Metal Products, except Machinery & Equipment
Machinery and Equipment Office, Accounting and Computing Machinery
Electrical Machinery Equipment and Apparatus Radio, Television and Communication Equipment and Apparatus
Medical, Precision and Optical Instruments, Watches and
Clocks
Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semi-trailers
Other Transport Equipment Furniture Manufacturing
Gem & Jwellery Recycling
Other Areas
Arbitration/Mediation Training:
Course Name Organizer’s Name Period
Arbitration/Mediation Experience: As Arbitrator As Mediator
Number of Cases as a Sole/Co-Arbitrator/Mediator:
Number of Cases as a Counsel/Expert witness:
Field(s) of arbitration/
mediation experience:
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In case you have no training or experience as yet in arbitration or mediation, please state
reasons for your interest in wanting to join as Arbitrator/Mediator in the ICA:
Name of ADR Courses/Seminars/Conferences participated:
Addressed
Participated
Title of Paper presented (Enclose a set of Paper)
Whether willing to contribute or
make presentation in Conference on ADR
or for ICA Arbitration Quarterly
Sponsorship*: (Compulsory) from existing ICA Members
Proposed By .....................................................................................................................................
Seconded By ....................................................................................................................................
Undertakings: -
a) I agree to abide by the Rules of Arbitration of the Council including Guidelines & ICA Code of
Conduct.
b) I shall take up and complete the arbitration assigned to me with utmost diligence and expedition.
c) All arbitrators being of equal status, I shall not object to my appointment as arbitrator in a
particular case on the basis of my previous status or that of any appointed arbitrator.
d) I note that my name will be deleted from the Panel as soon as I attain 80 years of age. (See Rule
13 of the ICA Rules of Arbitration)
e) I have not been convicted or charged of any offence or any criminal investigation or vigilance
enquiry pending against me.
f) I declare that I have not been removed as arbitrator in circumstances where moral probity or
incompetence were an issue.
g) I declare that above particulars furnished are true & correct.
Date: Signature of the Applicant.
* Please have the application sponsored by two members of the Council.
* Basic Requirements - Must be Life/Fellow Member of ICA
- Must hold University Degree in the field
- Must not be more than Eighty years
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I. Judges:
Broad Categories of Qualifications and Experience etc.
for the Panel of Arbitrators
Honorably Retired as Judge of the Supreme Court or any of the High Courts and have made judicial pronouncements
in some arbitration cases.
II. Advocates:
Practicing in the Supreme Court or at the level of the High Court for at least fifteen years with experience in
arbitration matters and knowledge of corporate laws particularly Arbitration and Contract Law and Arbitration
Procedures.
III. Engineers, Chartered Engineers etc.:
(a) Honorably Retired not below the rank of Chief Engineer in the CPWD or in any other Department of the Central
or State Governments.
(b) Chartered Engineers having specialisation of Engineering, Construction contracts and work in specific field at
least fifteen years such as Valuation of Building and Urban Laws, designing of building, building construction,
architectural or structural designing of building, projects, dam, Govt. contracts etc. and at least five years experience
in conduct of arbitration cases, law and procedure.
IV. Chartered Accountants:
Chartered Accountants/Chartered Secretaries with at least fifteen years experience and knowledge in the profession
and at least five years experience in conduct of arbitration cases, law & procedures.
V. Executives:
Company Secretaries and Senior legal and commercial executives in Government, public sector undertakings or
private commercial organisations or Professor/Lecturer with at least fifteen years experience in the profession and at
least five years experience of legal, arbitration or commercial matters.
VI. Shipping:
Having knowledge and at least five years experience of shipping laws practices and procedures, particularly in
international matters at a senior level in a company or institution of standing or otherwise having a distinguished
careers in shipping matters and at least five years experience in conduct of arbitration cases and maritime law.
VII. Businessmen:
Company Directors and other persons with outstanding reputation and experience in domestic or international trade
for at least ten years and at least five years experience in the Arbitration Law & Procedure.
VIII. Foreign Nationals:
Suitable persons of nationalities other than Indian resident in India or abroad who have adequate knowledge and at
least fifteen years experience in commercial and arbitration procedures in any of the above categories.
IX. Other Specialists:
Persons having 15 years experience in any other specialized areas and have at least five years experience in the
Arbitration Law & Procedure.
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