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Negotiating an international arbitration clause- part 2
23 Aug 2018 Publication

Negotiating an international arbitration clause- part 2

When one party is from China and the other party is from India, parties jointly choose Singapore as the seat of arbitration, excluding both China and India to have jurisdiction over the matter and Singapore becomes the neutral seat. It is important to note that the neutral seat also comes with the p

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Negotiating an International Arbitration Clause- Part-1
22 Aug 2018 Publication

Negotiating an International Arbitration Clause- Part-1

Normally, parties do not realize the importance of negotiating dispute resolution clauses, while signing the contract since the commercial team which negotiates contracts would be focusing only on the commercial terms. But, the dispute resolution clause if not negotiated properly keeping in mind the

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Arbitration tribunal granting right to a non-participating party to match the lowest bidder in the tender process is violation of Public Policy – Supreme Court
26 Jul 2018 Publication

Arbitration tribunal granting right to a non-participating party to match the lowest bidder in the tender process is violation of Public Policy – Supreme Court

In a recent Judgment of Supreme Court of India, dated 13 th July 2018 in a case between National High Ways Authority of India Vs Gwalior Jhansi Express Way Limited (2018 Online SC 688), the court set aside an Arbitrators order on the ground of "Fundamental Policy of Indian law" holding that the orde

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Seat- Venue of Arbitration & Place of subject matter
23 Jul 2018 Publication

Seat- Venue of Arbitration & Place of subject matter

In a recent judgement dated 11.07.2018, Delhi High Court in the matter of HII Life care limited Versus Happy Lectricals (2018 SCC Online DL 9814) held that in case of not specifying the seat of arbitration in the arbitration agreement by parties and also seat is not determined by the arbitrator in i

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