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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 684 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


A clause giving supervisory power to third party with respect to disputes not amounts to Arbitration Agreement

September 26, 2022 1290 Views 0 comment Print

Where the parties have agreed to give only supervisory powers to a third party with respect to the disputes arising between them, and a clause which does not disclose the intention of the parties to give any adjudicatory powers to the third party, does not qualify as an ‘arbitration agreement’, as defined under Section 2(1)(b) read with Section 7 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

75% deposit as pre-condition for admission of appeal under MSMED Act not complied- Writ Not Maintainable

September 22, 2022 2298 Views 0 comment Print

Chemflo Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs KMC Construction Ltd. and another (Orissa High Court) Petitioner submits, impugned is order dated 13th March, 2015 passed on the interlocutory application of his client made in arbitration petition (ARBP no. 122 of 2013), of purported challenge of opposite parties to award dated 29th January, 2011. He submits, by the […]

Novation of MOU with execution of Supplemental Agreement cannot decided U/s. 11 of Arbitration Act

September 21, 2022 2205 Views 0 comment Print

All questions relating to novation of the MOU with the execution of the Supplemental Agreement and the significance of reference to the terms of the MOU in Clause-13 of the Supplemental Agreement, which touch upon the jurisdiction of the sole Arbitrator to enter reference of the dispute, must be decided by the sole Arbitrator as required under Section 16 of the Arbitration Act.

Tax Concessions Disputes are Not Arbitrable: SC

September 21, 2022 1224 Views 0 comment Print

Enterprises Coal Sales Pvt Ltd Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) Appellant moved a writ petition before the High Court seeking, inter alia, the following reliefs: “(i) Issue a suitable writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 to accept, Form C and issue Form E-1 to the […]

Arbitrator Can Award Interest On Interest

September 20, 2022 1692 Views 0 comment Print

Question that arises here for consideration is whether interest granted on award against claim nos.1 and 5 was grant of interest upon interest and barred by the Act of 1978.

Proposal containing arbitration clause signed by one party doesn’t amount to arbitration agreement

September 19, 2022 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court has held that a mere reference to a proposal containing an arbitration clause which was unilaterally signed by one party, would not amount to an arbitration agreement coming into existence between the parties. Suit filed before Trial Court stand restored.

Unregistered but compulsorily registrable document can be enforced

September 18, 2022 2859 Views 0 comment Print

Yukti Construction Pvt. Ltd Vs Asha Sharma (Uttarakhand High Court) An arbitration agreement does not require registration under the Registration Act. Even if it is found as one of the clauses in a contract or instrument, it is an independent agreement to refer the disputes to arbitration, which is independent of the main contract or […]

The Beginning of a New Era for Insolvency Arbitration in India

September 16, 2022 2697 Views 0 comment Print

Though at first glance insolvency and arbitration appear opposed, there are some circumstances when the two intersect sufficiently to warrant either legislative action or, failing that, judicial reflection.

Terms & Conditions containing Arbitration Clause on website is Permissible: HC

September 15, 2022 3351 Views 0 comment Print

Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Mohit Raghuram Hegde Proprietor Creative Infotech (Bombay High Court) Conclusion: In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble Bombay High Court held that mere valid arbitration clause exist in “terms and conditions” as mentioned in the website and mere allegation of fraud would not vitiate the constitution of arbitral […]

Arbitration clause is unenforceable till the payment of stamp duty on work order

September 15, 2022 3480 Views 0 comment Print

Held that there is no dispute that the work order was issued by the respondent but stamp duty on the same is not paid. Accordingly, arbitration clause would be non-existent in law and unenforceable till stamp duty is adjudicated and paid.

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