S. Ravindra Bhat, J.:-

1. The correctness of the judgment of the learned Single Judge in OMP 132/2007 and OMP 928/2011 has been questioned in this appeal, under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“the Act”). An award concerning a dispute regarding the domain name ‘internet.in’ was published dated 05.07.2006 by the learned sole Arbitrator (Respondent No. 1 in OMP 132/2007). He was appointed by the National Internet Exchange of India (‘NIXI’).

2. The expression “internet” owes its origin to the research network called ‘Advanced Research Project Agency Network’ (ARPANET) established by the United States Department of Defense in the 1970s. That program was meant to link with other Government network. IP is defined by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, (5th Ed., p. 405) as “connect or be connected to a computer network; a computer network consisting of or connecting a number of smaller networks, such as two or more local area networks connected by a shared communications protocol.” Internet Protocol (‘IP’) is defined as “a standard that specifies the format and addressing scheme of packets of data sent over the internet or other network.” Internet is now a