Legal misconduct definition
Legal misconduct means misconduct in the judicial sense of the word, for example, some honest, though erroneous, breach of duty causing miscarriage of justice; failure to perform the essential duties which are cast on an arbitrator; and any irregularity of action which is not consistent with general principles of equity and good conscience. … To sum up, an arbitrator misconducts the proceedings when (i) there is a defect in the procedure followed by him; (ii) commits breach and neglect of duty and responsibility (iii) acts contrary to the principles of equity and good conscience; (iv) acts without jurisdiction or exceeds it; (v) acts beyond the reference; (vi) proceeds on extraneous circumstances; (vii) ignores material documents; and (viii) bases the award on no evidence. These are some of the omissions and commissions which constitute legal misconduct or, in other words, that an arbitrator has mis-conducted the proceedings within meaning of clause (a) of section 30 of the Arbitration Act, 1940.
Legal misconduct means that misconduct in the judicial sense of the word, for example, some honest, though erroneous, breach of duty causing miscarriage of justice; failure to perform the essential duties which are cause on an arbitrator; and any irregularity of action which is not consistent with general principles of equity and good consensus. If an arbitrator‟s act arbitrarily or unreasonable, the award will be invalid.
Legal misconduct means misconduct in the judicial sense of the word,, for example, some honest, though erroneous, breach of duty causing miscarriage of justice; failure to perform the essential duties which are cast on an arbitrator; and any irregularity of action which is not consistent with general principles of equity and good conscience. … To sum up, an arbitrator misconducts the proceedings when (i) there is a defect in the procedure followed by him; (ii) commits breach and neglect of duty and responsibility