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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 492 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 555 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 1782 Views 0 comment Print

Confidentiality in Arbitration – Myths vs Reality

Corporate Law : Explores how arbitration is often perceived as confidential, but legal and public interest obligations frequently limit this priva...

December 22, 2025 336 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitration & E-Adjudication: MCA’s New Push for Faster Dispute Resolution

Company Law : The MCA now mandates e-Adjudication for corporate penalties, streamlining notices, filings, and orders. This reform accelerates co...

December 9, 2025 978 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 1473 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 1167 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 1944 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 1161 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 913 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Dismisses Challenge to Arbitrator Appointment due to Parties’ Willingness to Arbitrate

Corporate Law : Despite arguable points raised, the Supreme Court declined interference since arbitration had commenced before a senior arbitrator...

February 25, 2026 369 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitration Clause Prevails Over General Jurisdiction Clause: Delhi HC

Corporate Law : The Court held that designation of New Delhi as the arbitration venue amounts to the juridical seat, conferring supervisory jurisd...

February 25, 2026 360 Views 0 comment Print

Interim Relief Survives as Arbitration Commences on Section 21 Notice: SC

Corporate Law : The issue was whether interim protection lapses if a Section 11 petition is filed beyond 90 days. The Supreme Court held that arbi...

January 8, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitral Award Restored as Appellate Court Exceeded Section 37 Scope

Corporate Law : The issue was whether the High Court could interfere with an arbitral award upheld under Section 34. The Supreme Court held that S...

January 8, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

Arbitration Appointed Despite Lease Expiry Due to Continuing Possession: Calcutta HC

Corporate Law : Rejecting objections on non-existence of the arbitration clause, the court applied the doctrine of separability. Arbitration was h...

December 22, 2025 462 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 717 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 2709 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 1035 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 1305 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 4200 Views 0 comment Print


Second arbitration application not maintainable when order of arbitrator terminating arbitral proceedings was not challenged

July 10, 2022 1284 Views 0 comment Print

Vimlesh Bansal Vs Ashok Kumar (Rajasthan High Court) The legal maxim ‘Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt’ literally translates to ‘the law assists only those who are vigilant and not those who sleep over their rights’. The said legal maxim applies squarely to the present case where applicants did not take recourse of law available to […]

Section 5 of Limitation Act applies to Arbitration Reference under National Highways Act

July 10, 2022 8472 Views 0 comment Print

Admittedly, no limitation is provided for filing an appeal under Section 3G(5) of National Highways Act, 1956. Therefore, it can be construed, as held in the aforesaid judgments, that Article 137 of the Limitation Act would stand applicable to such cases.

Statement at Interim Injunction stage is Not a First Statement- Section 8 A&C Act

July 10, 2022 1062 Views 0 comment Print

Respondent cannot be presumed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of Court and waived its right to arbitration when it had reserved its right to take appropriate legal proceedings against plaintiff.

Arbitral Award Vitiated By Serious Fraud & Criminal Conspiracy

July 10, 2022 1668 Views 0 comment Print

Bali Nagwanshi Vs State of Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh High Court) The main contention of the respondent State, respondent-BRPL and respondent- Union of India is this that the whole process for determination of compensation was based on fraud and criminal conspiracy, as out of numerous land oustees, only two of them, namely, Bali Nagwanshi and Neelima Belsariya […]

No reference to Arbitration unless clear unequivocal denial of a right

July 9, 2022 2097 Views 0 comment Print

There was no right to apply for reference of a dispute to arbitration until there was a clear and unequivocal denial of the right asserted by one party by the other.

Section 9 – A&C Act – Specific performance of contract cannot be directed

July 6, 2022 2850 Views 0 comment Print

Power under Section 9 could only be exercised for preservation of the subject matter of the dispute till the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal and scope of relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Act could not be extended for directing specific performance of the contract.

Application u/s 9 maintainable only after termination of conciliation proceedings

July 2, 2022 2226 Views 0 comment Print

Powers under Section 9 of the A& C Act cannot be invoked by the competent Court prior to the termination of the conciliation proceedings under the MSMED Act.

Withholding payment due to unliquidated damages is unsustainable

July 2, 2022 1383 Views 0 comment Print

There cannot be any justification for the ONGC to withhold any amount on the premise that it has a claim of unliquidated damages against the petitioner

Place of Residence of Arbitrator not determines the jurisdiction of Arbitration

July 2, 2022 660 Views 0 comment Print

S. Square Infra Vs Garneni Chalapathi Rao (Telangana High Court) The learned counsel for the petitioner mainly contended that as the respondents nominated the Arbitrator residing at Hyderabad, only the Courts at Hyderabad are having jurisdiction but not the Courts at Sangareddy and thus, sought for transfer. Admittedly, the offer of the respondents was rejected […]

Arbitration agreement enforceable by/ against the heirs of deceased

June 29, 2022 3414 Views 0 comment Print

Held that agreement would not be discharged by death of the party thereto and will be enforceable by or against the heirs of the deceased. Accordingly, present arbitration application allowed.

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