The expansion of business opportunities, both in the national and international sphere has led to an upsurge in the volume of commercial contracts containing an arbitration clause.

The issue of admissibility of illegally obtained evidence comes with its own legal, moral, and ethical concerns. In India, the courts have settled this issue by pronouncing judgements favouring admissibility of such evidence.

International Commercial Arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism is indeed a much educational, fascinating, and compelling field, and looking for other areas that may become its subject would be interesting.

The Indus Waters Treaty, 19601, has been in the news of late. Most discussions have revolved around India's decision to put the Treaty in abeyance following the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

The credibility of a jurisdiction in having an arbitration-friendly regime is primarily based upon its enforcement mechanism because the greater is the efficiency of the mechanism...

Double hatting has been a pertinent issue in the arena of international arbitration for more than a decade now. It has raised concerns over legitimacy of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

Party autonomy principle allows parties to an agreement to decide the mode of settlement of disputes and the procedure involved therein.

The field of arbitration has been experiencing significant changes over the last few years, with advancements in technology playing a key role.

The Parliament made sweeping changes to the Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 to expedite disputes resolution process and promote their use-case and application to market-wide players.

Litigation Dispute Resolution Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of India, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

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The article endeavours to delve into the conundrum that is of the arbitrability of IPR disputes in India.

All of these decisions from 2021 have contributed towards settling some contentious issues within the realm of Section 34 with a long history of conflicting pronouncements.

The construction industry in India does not subscribe to any standard form of construction contract; however, some of the commonly used forms include the suite of contracts published by FIDIC, ICE, and the model published by IIA.

The seemingly innocuous use of the term ‘existence' in Section 11(6A) of the Indian Arbitration Act has been the subject of intense interpretative debates.

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Natasha is a student of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and Winner of the 1st Prize of the 9th Ed. of Arb Excel Essay Writing Competition.

What, if any, are the legal requirements of an arbitration agreement under the laws of India?

A jurisdiction’s credibility as an arbitration friendly one rests primarily on the efficiency and efficacy of its award enforcement regime.

India has a quasi-federal political structure comprising 29 states and seven centrally administered Union Territories.