The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
11th Mar, 2019
The Delhi High Court held that the scope of Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is limited to examining whether there is a valid arbitration clause between the parties. Objections such as […]
28th Feb, 2019
The Supreme Court has observed that a court while considering an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, cannot undertake an independent assessment of the merits of the award. The Supreme Court […]
11th Jan, 2019
The Supreme Court has held that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, does not disqualify a former employee from acting as an arbitrator provided that there are no justifiable doubts as to his independence and […]
10th Jan, 2019
The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi held that where an award has been signed by the majority of the members of the arbitral tribunal, such an award will be an award of the arbitral tribunal, […]
21st Dec, 2018
The Apex court reiterated that benefit of Section 5 of the Limitation Act is not applicable to a proceeding under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the time period of thirty […]
18th Dec, 2018
The Delhi High Court has held that jurisdiction to execute foreign arbitration award continues with the High Court, despite the change in pecuniary jurisdiction as per 2015 amendment to Delhi High Court Act. The said […]
15th Dec, 2018
The Supreme Court has held that any challenge to the arbitrator appointed should be raised before the arbitrator himself under Section 13 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 in the first instance and thereafter […]
21st Nov, 2018
The Delhi High Court recently held that courts cannot consider the question of viability of a claim as under Order II Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, while hearing a petition under Section […]
12th Nov, 2018
In a contract which provides for arbitration in case of dispute between parties, if a party files its first statement on the dispute before a court of law without resorting to Section 8 of the […]
2nd Nov, 2018
In a contract which provides for arbitration in case of dispute between parties, if a party files its first statement on the dispute before a court of law without resorting to Section 8 of the […]
31st Oct, 2018
The Supreme Court has reiterated that the court while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act has no jurisdiction to remand the matter to the arbitrator for a fresh decision. […]
18th Oct, 2018
A contract was granted for installation of power cables to M/s L S Cables (LSC). The contract granting company was M/s Power Grid Corporation (PGC). The agreement was signed between the parties on 22nd May, […]