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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


A Journey to Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020: A Critical Analysis

January 4, 2021 3105 Views 1 comment Print

President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind promulgated the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 on 04th November, 2020 (Amendment Ordinance, 2020) thereby amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) third time.

Section 34 Proceedings under Arbitration & Conciliation Act not maintainable to challenge a foreign award: SC

December 6, 2020 2592 Views 0 comment Print

Noy Vallesina Engineering SpA Vs Jindal Drugs Limited & ors. (Supreme Court) 1. The appellant, which was granted special leave, challenges a judgment of the Bombay High Court1. It urges that the impugned judgment is erroneous because it concludes that proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereafter ‘the Act’) can […]

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020

November 4, 2020 5361 Views 0 comment Print

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, it shall come into force at once.

Stamp Duty on an Arbitral Award

October 13, 2020 38982 Views 0 comment Print

The decision of Arbitral Tribunal is termed as ‘Arbitral Award’ under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ( Arbitration Act). Pursuant to Section 28(2) of the Arbitration Act, the Arbitral Tribunal shall decide ex aequo et bono [in justice and in good faith] or as amicable compositeur only if the parties expressly authorised it to […]

Alternative Disput Resolution and Arbitration

September 16, 2020 3525 Views 0 comment Print

A dispute arises as soon as a person is born and this carries out throughout his life. A small child has a dispute with his parent with regards to his choice of food he eats, games he plays. Dispute can arise between parties where they have common interest in a thing but they have different of opinion on the method of fulfilling that interest.

Overriding Effect of Consumer Forum over Arbitration

August 27, 2020 3666 Views 0 comment Print

With the passage of time, the populace of the country is on hike and so are their opinions. Their opinion forms the basis for their interpretation, it may be a good or a bad interpretation. What would happen in the situation where people starting interpreting the laws? We might be flooded with several interpretations. The […]

The Evolving Jurisprudence of section 34 of Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996

August 1, 2020 17712 Views 0 comment Print

Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act) provides for setting aside of an arbitral award by making an application to the Court, on the grounds stated therein. It would not be wrong to say that section 34 of the Act has evolved since 1996 to what we read today. This evolution can […]

Are Oppression & Mismanagement disputes Arbitrable In India?

July 28, 2020 6777 Views 0 comment Print

The arbitrability of disputes for which statutory remedy is provided for becomes a difficult question to answer. Arbitrability refer to whether a dispute could be subjected to arbitration or not.[1] Section 242 and 243 of the Companies Act, 1956 are analogous to sections 397, 398 and 402 of the Companies Act, 1956 which deals with […]

SC refuses to interfere with period of validity of cheque

July 10, 2020 19671 Views 1 comment Print

In re Cognizance for Extension of Limitation (Supreme Court) With reference to the prayer, that the period of validity of a cheque be extended, we find that the said  period has  not  been  prescribed by  any Statute but  it  is  a  period  prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 35A of the Banking […]

Appropriate Jurisdiction of Court for Enforcement of Arbitral Award

June 25, 2020 23043 Views 0 comment Print

In case titled ‘Sundaram Finance v Abdul Samad & Anr. (Civil Appeal No 1650 of 2018)‘ decided on 15.02.2018, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has clarified the anomaly with regard to the appropriate jurisdiction for enforcement of an arbitral award. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that enforcement of an Arbitral Award under the Arbitration […]

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