India Announces That It Will Now Recognize And Enforce Arbitral Awards From China And Hong Kong

The Indian Ministry of Law and Justice has declared that arbitral awards made in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) may be recognized and enforced by Indian courts. This will come into effect once the Indian Central Government has provided notification in the Official Gazette. The addition of China to India's official list of so-called "gazetted" States, which currently contains fewer than one third of the signatory States to the 1958 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention), will increase the appeal of arbitration centers in China, and in particular Hong Kong, in the context of disputes with an Indian connection.

Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in India