Supreme Court holds that Cuttack was merely the venue, not the juridical seat of arbitration, and restores Mahanadi Coalfields’ Section 34 petitions before Sundargarh District Court.
Read Full ArticleSupreme 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.
Madras 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 held that an Arbitral Tribunal has jurisdiction under Section 16 to decide whether a contract termination dispute falls within an “excepted matters” clause, and writ courts cannot restrict that enquiry.
The Delhi High Court declined to halt arbitration at the final arguments stage, holding that a legal heir not impleaded by a co-heir can challenge the eventual arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act.
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.
The Calcutta High Court held that an unsigned copy of an arbitral award cannot be enforced and ruled that an MSME officer's certificate cannot substitute a signed copy under Section 31(5) of the Arbit...
Delhi High Court rules that an arbitration clause in invoices isn't valid without express or implicit acceptance, terminating a unilaterally appointed arbitrator's mandate.
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