Can an award be set aside because of a delayed decision by the arbitrator?In principle, yes — but only where the delay has a demonstrable adverse effect on the reasoning of such an award. The Indian…
While 2025 was a good year for the development of arbitration in India, with important judicial decisions to reflect on, the contemplated revisions to the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996…
On 1 October 2025, India’s Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (“TEPA”) with the European Free Trade Association (“EFTA”), introduced a novel institutional framework that moves beyond…
India recently enacted the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 (“Act”), which seeks to bring about institutional reforms to address systemic gaps in sports administration in the country. Among other…
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) recently unveiled the pioneering SIAC Restructuring and Insolvency Arbitration Protocol (“Protocol”), thereby introducing the first ever…
In a judicial development sending ripples through India’s arbitration community, the Delhi High Court (“Delhi HC”) on 25 July 2025, in Engineering Projects (India) Ltd. v. MSA Global LLC (“EPIL v.…
This article delves into the Devas v. Antrix dispute, which presents a nuanced perspective on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. It highlights the Indian court’s concept of a…
The factual matrix of the recently issued Supreme Court of India (“SCI”) judgment in Disortho appears deceptively simple. One party to a Distributor Agreement (“Agreement”) sought to apply the Indian…
This article discusses the difference in the nature of the immunity granted to arbitrators under the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“ACA”), as compared to the U.K. Arbitration Act (“AA”).…
The long-standing debate in India on the scope of judicial intervention under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”), specifically, whether the courts can modify awards, or…
