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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


Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019

August 9, 2019 11364 Views 0 comment Print

(1) This Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Recent developments in the Arbitration sector in India

June 12, 2019 3966 Views 0 comment Print

While there has been a plethora of legislative changes, the air of arbitration as a quicker and preferred mode of dispute resolution mechanism has also been contributed by judiciary through its pronouncements. The courts in India recently have made consistent efforts to free arbitration from laches.

From Ad-Hoc to Institutional Arbitration: Need of the Hour

April 20, 2019 1971 Views 0 comment Print

Responding to the claims of inefficiency and unpredictability of the Arbitration Act, 1940, the Indian Government enacted the 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act based upon the UNCITRAL Model Law. The new Act reflected the Parliament’s will to expedite the arbitration process, modernize the arbitration regime, increase acceptance to party autonomy and to create uniformity in […]

Arbitrator Appointment not possible if jurisdiction of Designated Officer cannot be invoked by both parties to dispute

November 22, 2018 1461 Views 0 comment Print

The agreement between the parties provides the competent officer and the Commissioner with supervisory control over the execution of work and administrative control over it from time to time and thus to prevent disputes. The intention is not to provide for a forum for resolving disputes. Thus, no Arbitrator could have been appointed by the High Court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Govt amends Fourth Schedule of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

November 12, 2018 21810 Views 3 comments Print

In the Fourth Schedule to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, under the heading ‘Sum in dispute’, against the entry ‘Above Rs.10,00,00,000 and up to Rs.20,00,00,000’, the model fee is inadvertently mentioned as ‘Rs.12,37,500 plus 0.75 per cent. of the claim amount over and above Rs.1,00,00,000/’ instead of ‘Rs.12,37,500 plus 0.75 per cent. of the claim amount over and above Rs.10,00,00,000/’.

Conduct of arbitral proceeding should speak itself to draw inference of impartiality

October 29, 2018 633 Views 0 comment Print

Col. J.P.S. Yadav Vs South Eastern Coalfields Limited (High Court Chhatisgarh) Consequently, evaluating the facts, the finding that the notices were sent under the camouflage cover of SECL concealing the name of the sole arbitrator on 20.9.1993 and 28.10.1993 would be important. Further, the Court held that no service was affected to J.P.S. Yadav, the Managing Director and the […]

Prefer an Independent ‘Agreement of Arbitration’

October 16, 2018 1905 Views 2 comments Print

Whether incorporating the ‘Arbitration Clause’ in any ‘Contract Agreement’ is commendable? OR, the Independent ‘Agreement of Arbitration’ is better?

Arbitrator cannot Lift Corporate Veil: Delhi HC

May 21, 2017 3345 Views 0 comment Print

Decision of the arbitral tribunal to pierce the corporate veil is fundamentally flawed. It falls foul of the fundamental policy of Indian law that recognises that a company is an independent juristic person.

Arbitral tribunal has no power to appoint Court Receiver, High Court

March 27, 2017 8796 Views 0 comment Print

The above Court Receivers Report dated 28th December, 2016 (Report) is filed by the Court Receiver, High Court, Bombay, seeking directions on Whether the Registry should accept the matters wherein the Arbitral Tribunal appoints the Court Receiver, High Court, Bombay, as a Receiver for execution of orders passed by it etc.

HLC to review Institutionalisation of Arbitration Mechanism in India

March 16, 2017 1161 Views 0 comment Print

Comments invited on working paper of high level committee (HLC) to review Institutionalisation of Arbitration Mechanism in India by 7 April 2017

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