arbap82-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO.82 OF 2009 Eros International Media Pvt. Ltd. ....Applicant V/s. Vijay Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd. ....Respondent Mr.Akshay Patil i/b Mr.R.M. Azim for the Applicant. None for the Respondent. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 26TH AUGUST, 2010. P.C. :- 1. This is an application under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. 2. The parties had entered into a distribution agreement dated 12.1.2008 in respect of the film. The Applicant itself was the distributor. By the said agreement, the Respondent acted as a sub-distributor. Clause 18 of the agreement pertains to arbitration which provides for a sole arbitrator. Disputes and differences have arisen between the parties. In fact the Respondent has claimed the amount from the Applicant and the Applicant denies its liability to pay the same. 3. The Applicant by a letter dated 22.1.2009 invoked the arbitration clause. 4. In the circumstances, the application is disposed of by appointing Mr.Rahul Chitnis, an advocate of this Court as a sole arbitrator.