Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Sunday said that the system of allowing litigants to choose their arbitrators has created serious concerns regarding integrity in arbitration, and that parliament has to step in and address the issue. Explaining why confidence in arbitration has eroded, he said that it has become possible to identify the law firm that has engaged an arbitrator simply by looking at the arbitrator’s name. “Those who are practicing in the field of arbitration tell me that from the name of certain arbitrators, you can find out the firm which must have engaged him and the litigant which must be the client of that firm,” Mehta said. He suggested that a possible check would be to bring in a law making it mandatory for all arbitral awards to be publishe

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