court does not bind either the arbitral tribunal or the court enforcing the arbitral award. […] 114. In view of the observations made by this Court in In Re : Interplay (supra), it is clear that the scope of enquiry at the stage of appointment of arbitrator is limited to the scrutiny of prima facie existence of the arbitration agreement, and nothing else.[…]” (emphasis supplied) 15. For the reasons stated above, we have no hesitation in rejecting the petition and we further hold that the appellant must bear the costs for this unnecessary litigation which we quantify at Rs. 50,000/-. 816. As the arbitration proceedings were stayed due to the pendency of this appeal by the order dated 01.04.2022, while dismissing this appeal we direct that the arbitral tribunal shall resume the proceedings and endeavour to deliver the award as expeditiously as possible. 17. The appeal is dismissed in terms of the above order. ………………………………....J. [PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA] ………………………………....J. [SANDEEP