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Section 34(5) Arbitration Notice: Procedural Requirement or Mandatory condition?

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that Section 34(5) is a procedural requirement and not a mandatory precondition for challenging an arbitra...

June 16, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print

SC’s Landmark Judgment on Modification of Arbitral Awards: Progress with Persistent Ambiguities

Corporate Law : A Constitution Bench held that courts can modify arbitral awards in limited situations such as correcting manifest errors and seve...

May 28, 2026 636 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Arbitral Awards in India: Enforcement, Resistance & Judicial Attitudes

Corporate Law : Indian law permits enforcement of foreign arbitral awards unless specific exceptions apply. Courts now favour enforcement with min...

April 7, 2026 753 Views 0 comment Print

From Dispute to Arbitration: The Breaking Point Test

Corporate Law : The ruling clarifies that limitation for appointing an arbitrator starts only when negotiations fail and arbitration is clearly in...

January 28, 2026 687 Views 0 comment Print

Case Summary: Gayatri Balasamy Vs ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited (Supreme Court)

Corporate Law : Gayatri Balasamy Vs ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited (Supreme Court of India) – Citation- 2025 INSC 605 Overview of the Fa...

January 18, 2026 2121 Views 0 comment Print


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Draft Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024: Comments Invited

Corporate Law : The Government invites public feedback on the Draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aiming to enhance institu...

October 24, 2024 1641 Views 0 comment Print

Report on drafting Arbitral Rules for Proposed International Arbitration Centre at GIFT IFSC

Finance : The Expert Committee has submitted its report on drafting institutional arbitral rules for the International Arbitration Centre at...

July 17, 2024 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitration under MSME Act

Corporate Law : Sub-section 3 of Section 18 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 provides that where the conci...

August 2, 2021 1992 Views 0 comment Print

HLC to review Institutionalisation of Arbitration Mechanism in India

Corporate Law : Comments invited on working paper of high level committee (HLC) to review Institutionalisation of Arbitration Mechanism in India b...

March 16, 2017 1194 Views 0 comment Print

Constitution of HLC to review Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism

Corporate Law : In order to ensure speedy resolution of commercial disputes and to facilitate effective conduct of international and domestic arbi...

December 29, 2016 949 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 29A Extension Must Be Filed Before Statutory Court, Not Appointing Court: SC

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that applications to extend an arbitral tribunals mandate under Section 29A must be filed before the Court ...

June 25, 2026 291 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitral Award Partly Set Aside as Tribunal Ignored GST Invoices on Non-Tendered Works

Corporate Law : The Karnataka High Court held that the arbitral award suffered from patent illegality because the Tribunal ignored invoices showin...

June 25, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

Section 34 Arbitration Petition Dismissed as Three-Month Limitation Expired Before Court Vacation

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that Section 4 of the Limitation Act cannot be invoked where the prescribed limitation period expires befo...

June 22, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Mere Arbitration Clause Does Not Mandate Reference to Arbitration: NCLT Bengaluru

Company Law : The NCLT held that the mere existence of an arbitration clause in a Shareholders' Agreement does not automatically require dispute...

June 18, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

SC Upholds District Court Jurisdiction Under Arbitration Act as Orissa HC Lacks Original Civil Jurisdiction

Corporate Law : The Orissa High Court held that dismissal of a Section 34 petition on maintainability grounds effectively amounts to refusal to se...

May 24, 2026 399 Views 0 comment Print


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Delhi High Court Issues New Practice Directions for Arbitration Petitions

Corporate Law : Delhi High Court mandates email and mobile service for arbitration petitions under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act, effective...

May 20, 2024 855 Views 0 comment Print

SEBI Clarifies Disclosure of Arbitral Proceedings under LODR Regulations

SEBI : SEBI issues guidance to GAIL (India) Limited on disclosing arbitral proceedings details as per LODR Regulations, ensuring complian...

October 4, 2023 2934 Views 0 comment Print

India International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Arbitration) Regulations, 2023

Corporate Law : 1) These regulations may be called the India International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Arbitration) Regulations, 2023. (2) T...

August 31, 2023 1128 Views 0 comment Print

New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022

Corporate Law : New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is Introduced in Lok Sabha to to change the name of the Centre f...

July 29, 2022 1353 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021

Corporate Law : (1) This Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it ...

March 11, 2021 4284 Views 0 comment Print


Court is required to ensure that prima facie a genuine arbitrable dispute exists

December 28, 2022 1578 Views 0 comment Print

Oriental Insurance Company Limited Vs Dacite Furnishing Limited (Supreme Court) For deciding the application under Section 11(6) of Arbitration Act, 1996, the court is required to ensure that an arbitrable dispute exists and has to be prima facie convinced about the genuineness or credibility of the plea and not be too particular about the nature […]

Dispute relating to passing on liability/ reimbursement thereof is arbitral in nature

December 13, 2022 2232 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that the issue relating to passing on the liability or reimbursement thereof does not relate to the taxing power of the state or any action taken or an order made in exercise thereof. The contention that the dispute raised is non-arbitrable on the aforesaid ground is thus negative.

Explanation of nature of dispute not required in notice issued u/s 21 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act

November 21, 2022 1965 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held that notice invoking arbitration clause issued under section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 doesn’t require that the nature of dispute has to be enumerated or explained in the notice.

MSMED Act, 2006 overrides Arbitration Act, 1996

November 9, 2022 1305 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that chapter-V of the MSMED Act, 2006 would override the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1996. Accordingly, the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council shall have jurisdiction to proceed with the dispute covered u/s 17 of MSMED Act, 2006 despite the existence of an independent arbitration agreement between the parties.

Matters covered by special laws creating special rights, to be enforced by special forums under special procedures are non-arbitrable

November 8, 2022 999 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that the remedy of arbitration provided in section 11 of the SARFAESI Act cannot override the special remedies stipulated under the set of special laws, and therefore even statutory arbitration cannot derogate from a remedy available to a lender for enforcing a security interest and the doctrine of election is simply not available. Quite clearly, matters covered by special laws, which create special rights, to be adjudicated and enforced by special forums, under special procedures, in this case the DRT, are non-arbitrable.

Application under Section 11(6) cannot be dismissed on the pendency of proceedings before the NCLT: Supreme Court

November 7, 2022 1608 Views 0 comment Print

Honble Supreme Court held that the application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 cannot be dismissed on the pendency of proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) initiated by the respondent for various acts of oppression and mismanagement as a minority shareholder.

Draft Arbitration Agreement

November 7, 2022 42219 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the Draft Arbitration Agreement: Exploring the definition, form, and binding nature of arbitration agreements.

Alternate Dispute Resolution

November 5, 2022 4329 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the benefits of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) in resolving disputes without going to trial. Save time and costs with negotiation, mediation, and arbitration methods.

Arbitrator become Ineligible if his Close Relative is controlling the Company

November 4, 2022 723 Views 0 comment Print

Abhay Trading Pvt. Ltd Vs National Aluminium Company Ltd (Orissa High Court) 1. The challenge in the present petition is to continuance of the Arbitrator presently seized of adjudicating the dispute between the parties in view of declaration made by such Arbitrator on 9th September, 2021 that his younger brother was at that point in […]

An arbitral award which rewrites contract is liable to set aside

November 2, 2022 1542 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that rewriting of a contract between two parties, especially a commercial contract, is completely impermissible in law. Accordingly, an arbitral award which rewrites the contract is bound to be set aside.

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