IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 23.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH

1. Ravi Kumar(Borrower)

S/o.Kumar

2. Jayanthi Ravi (Co-Borrower), W/o.Ravi Kumar .... Petitioners Vs.

M/s.Five-Star Business Finance Limited, Represented by Manager-Legal, G.S.Robert New No.27/Old No.4, Taylors Road,Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010. .... Respondent PRAYER Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to set aside the Arbitral Award dated 27.11.2023 in the Arbitration Case No.454 of 2022.

For Petitioner : Mr.Sai Srujan Tayi

ORDER

This petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [in short, ‘the Act’] challenging the arbitral award dated 27.11.2023 passed by the sole Arbitrator.

2. When the petition came up for admission on 18.12.2025, this Court passed the following order:

“Notice to the respondent returnable by 22.01.2026. Private notice is also permitted.

2. The main ground that was urged by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that there was unilateral appointment of arbitrator by the respondent, which runs against the judgment of the Apex Court in Perkins Eastman Architects DPC V. HSCC (Ind