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INDIAN SUPREME COURT REVERSES RECENT JUDGMENT AND HOLDS THAT (ALLEGEDLY) UNSTAMPED OR INADEQUATELY STAMPED ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS CANNOT HOLD UP APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS OR PREVENT PARTIES FROM BEING REFERRED TO ARBITRATION
In a welcome decision for commercial parties, the Supreme Court has overruled its own controversial decision from earlier in 2023. The Court held that …
Indian Supreme Court orders arbitrator backlog to be cleared
HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT FINDS THAT TWO INDIAN PARTIES CAN CHOOSE A FOREIGN SEAT OF ARBITRATION BUT CANNOT OBTAIN INTERIM RELIEF IN INDIAN COURTS
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-RELATED ARBITRATION
INDIA AMENDS ARBITRATION LAW RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF AWARDS TAINTED BY FRAUD AND ARBITRATOR QUALIFICATIONS
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-RELATED ARBITRATION
INDIA INTRODUCES KEY AMENDMENTS TO ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996
After the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2019 (the "Bill") was passed by both houses of the Indian Parliament, the President of India on 9 August …
LAPSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 APPROVED BY THE UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
CREATION OF NEW DELHI ARBITRATION CENTRE PROPOSED IN INDIA’S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
Based on the recommendations of the Sri Krishna Committee (previously discussed here), on 3 July 2019, the current Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, …
Indian Supreme Court rules that Indian courts have jurisdiction to hear an application to set aside an award issued in Malaysia
In its recent decision in Union of India v Hardy Exploration and Production (available here), the Supreme Court of India found that a contractual clause …
Recent Developments in India-related International Arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue we consider various court …
India's lower house of Parliament approves further amendments to the Indian Arbitration Act
As previously reported here, a draft Bill to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the "Act") was approved by the Indian Cabinet on 7 March …
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