The Bombay High Court has dismissed two writ petitions challenging the appointment of an arbitrator by the Central Registrar of Co-operative Societies under Section 84 of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (MSCS Act). The Division Bench held that absence of a notice invoking arbitration under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not stop arbitration under Section 84, that the interim moratorium under Section 96 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was of no help to the petitioners, and that appointment of one arbitrator for multiple disputes of the bank does not disqualify him.