[This guest post is authored by Raghav Agrawal, a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Naya Raipur] One of the mistakes in corporate drafting today is to include “can” or “may” in a clause that addresses
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Whose Truth is it Anyway? The Silent Geopolitics Inside Your Arbitration Algorithm
[This guest post is authored by Shubham Shrivastva, Penultimate Year Law Student, Dharmashastra National Law University] Consider the following thought exercise. Into an international arbitration, two legal teams go. At stake are the multi-billion-dollar investments of a western energy firm…
ASF Buildtech v Shapoorji Pallonji: Dissecting the Arbitral Tribunal’s Power to Implead Non-signatories
In ASF Buildtech Private Limited v Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Private Limited[1] (ASF Buildtech), the Supreme Court recently clarified that an arbitral tribunal has the power to implead a non-signatory who is bound by an arbitration agreement. Along with the…
Finding a Place for Contra Proferentem in Arbitration
(This guest post is co-authored by Rahul Kumar and Aditya Singh. Rahul is an advocate at Sarvada and Aditya is a third-year law student at RML-NLU. This post was edited by Devansh Pandit) The doctrine of Verba Chartarum Fortius Accipiuntur…
ONGC v. Afcons: A Call for Revision of Arbitrators’ Fees
[This guest post is authored by Rahul Kumar, Advocate, Sarvada Legal; Aditya Singh, 3rd year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow; and Devashish Jain, 3rd year student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. The authors can…
Discussing the Validity of Pre-conditions for Invocation of Arbitration
[This guest post is authored by Anjali Busar and Khushboo Sharma. Anjali is a fifth-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at National Law University, Lucknow and Khushboo is a third-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at National Law University, Lucknow] Discussing the…
Does an Extension Agreement Need a Specific Arbitration Clause?
[This guest post is authored by Suvanwesh Das. He is a 3rd year B.B.A., LL.B. student at National Law University Odisha] Arbitration agreements, like any other contract, can be overridden by another agreement between the Parties. If the original contract…
Mitra Guha Builders Co. vs. ONGC Ltd: Examining the scope of Arbitrators in Excepted Matters
[The guest post is authored by Saloni Neema, third year law student from Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam] Introduction It is well-settled law that arbitrators are creatures of the contract between the parties. In cases where the agreement excludes…
ENFORCING EMERGENCY AWARDS IN INDIA IN FOREIGN SEATED ARBITRATIONS: WINNING A HALF-WON BATTLE
By Kavya Arora
[The guest post is authored by Veddant Majumdar, fifth year law student at Amity Law School, Delhi, GGSIP University] Introduction The demand for codification of emergency arbitration has created a frenzy in the international arbitration jurisprudence, owing to the numerous…
Haryana Tourism Ltd. v. M/s Kandhari Beverages Ltd: Analysis on High Court’s power under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act
By Kavya Arora
[The guest post is authored by Akshit Uniyal, fourth year law student at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.] I. Introduction The Arbitration Act, 1996 (‘Act’) provides the recourse to be taken against an arbitral award if any party…