Supreme Court holds that an arbitration clause in a loan agreement can bind a personal guarantor under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration Act when the guarantee is expressly made an integral and inseparable part of the loan agreement.
Read Full ArticleMadras HC flags confusion caused by continuous paragraph numbering in the Supreme Court’s Gayatri Balasamy judgment and asks law reporters to prevent such misreading.
The Supreme Court has upheld a Delhi High Court order directing National Projects Construction Corporation to deposit ₹3.5 crore pending its challenge to an arbitral award.
Supreme Court rules post-arbitral award purchasers can’t block execution; lis pendens applies to money decrees under Transfer of Property Act.
Supreme Court rules High Courts cannot nullify arbitration proceedings while appointing substitute arbitrators under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration Act.
Madras High Court permits limited use of AI in arbitration, allowing SuperlawCourts as a record assistant with strict safeguards to protect judicial independence.
Bombay High Court dismisses SAP India’s writ petition challenging arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction, holds no interference warranted under Articles 226/227.
Allahabad High Court rules that domestic arbitral awards in international commercial arbitration seated in India must be enforced before the High Court’s Commercial Division.
Calcutta High Court rules that an arbitration clause in an expired lease cannot govern disputes over execution of a fresh lease based on later correspondence.
Supreme Court refers the 2009 Bharat Drilling ruling to a larger bench, questioning its use in interpreting contractual bars on arbitration claims.
Arbitration agreement valid even without signatures if parties’ conduct shows intent to arbitrate, rules Kerala High Court in Sigmatic Nidhi Ltd v. Suresh Kumar.
SC upholds HC order rejecting KAL Airways & Maran’s ₹1,323 Cr claim against SpiceJet over share transfer dispute, citing delay and concealment.
SC: Courts must not interfere with bank guarantees unless there’s fraud or irretrievable injustice; arbitration to decide current JSPL-Bansal Infra dispute.
SC: Courts can modify arbitral awards under limited conditions to avoid hardship, reduce delays, and uphold the object of the Arbitration Act.
Calcutta High Court rules that arbitration clauses using “may” are not binding, requiring fresh consent from parties to proceed with arbitration.
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