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ARTICLE · 23 SEPTEMBER 2021

India's Stand On Emergency Arbitrators And Emergency Awards

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The Supreme Court of India on 6th August 2021 in Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC v Future Retail Limited & Others handed down a seminal decision in relation to enforcement of an Emergency Arbitrator's ("EA") award.

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The Supreme Court of India on 6th August 2021 in Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC v Future Retail Limited & Others handed down a seminal decision in relation to enforcement of an Emergency Arbitrator's ("EA") award. The ruling has great significance as it furthers India's mission of being a proarbitration State where there is greater ease of doing business.

Also, it brings India into focus across common law jurisdictions as it sheds much needed light on the status and powers of an EA internationally wherein a case is made that it should be treated as a species of arbitrator and not a creature unlike it. Below, we briefly recount, analyse and comment upon the widely celebrated landmark judgement.

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