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Supreme Court Holds Arbitral Award Delivery to Uninvolved Official Invalid for Starting Limitation Period

The Supreme Court ruled that delivering an arbitral award to a government official not involved in or aware of the arbitration proceedings does not trigger the limitation period for challenging…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act: Can Courts Entertain Applications even after the Arbitral Tribunal is constituted

In the case of Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd v. Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd ., the Supreme Court dealt with the question whether it could still entertain a case…

DMRC to pay 2800 crore to Reliance Infrastructure as damages in arbitration matter: ordered by the Supreme Court

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India, supported Reliance Infrastructure's Rs 2,800 crore arbitral honor and ordered DMRC to pay harms of Rs 2,800 crore alongside interest to Reliance Infrastructure…

WHETHER SEC 9 OF THE ACT WILL APPLY TO FOREIGN ARBITRATION WHEN IT IS EXCLUDED IN AGREEMENT

BACKGROUND:- The petitioner had won the case and received an award amount in its favor. The proceedings were done in the seat of Arbitration in London, the UK which has…

An arbitral award based on no evidence or overlooking of vital evidence would be perverse: Supreme Court

While hearing the case of an appeal filed by PSA Sical Terminals Pvt. Ltd. against the order of Madras High Court, the Supreme Court dismissed the said appeal while observing…

Appellate Court can only set aside or remand an Arbitral award, it cannot modify the same: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing a case of Section 34 of Arbitration Act, 1996 held that an award cannot be modified by the Appellate Court. In the present…

Ecuador must pay $374 million to Perenco oil firm to resolve the investment dispute

Ecuador's government said that it will pay a $374 million judgement to Perenco, a French oil firm after the nation failed to get an arbitral verdict against it overturned. Perenco…

Supreme Court: when seat of Arbitration is changed with mutual agreement of parties award cannot be challenged by either parties

Special Civil Application was filed by Inox Renewables Ltd. against order of Commercial Court, Ahmedabad which was dismissed, holding that the courts at Jaipur, Rajasthan would be the courts in…

Arbitration under Highways Act limited to independent determination of compensation: Allahabad High Court

On 12th January, The Allahabad High Court observed that an arbitrator cannot act outside the scope of his reference under section 3-G (5) of The National Highways Act, 1956. It…

Parties who Privately Agree to Settle their Dispute Outside the Modes u/s 89 CPC are Entitled to Refund of Court Fees – SC

In High Court of Judicature at Madras vs. M.C. Subramaniam [SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 30633064 OF 2021], SC held that the parties who privately agree to settle their dispute outside the…