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In recent years, Asia has very much embraced international arbitration. And yet, it is often suggested that this is international arbitration, with Asian characteristics.

Courts in India and Singapore have taken a pro-arbitration stance with a strict adherence to the principle of non-interference with arbitral awards.

The Supreme Court in the present decision considered whether to allow a petition under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code when the debt towards the operational debtor is already disputed.

The joint venture Company comprising of Respondent 1 (Hyundai Engineering and construction) and 2 (Gammon India) executed a Contractor All Risk Insurance Policy valued at Rs. 2,13,58,76,000/-.

The successful bidder will also have to make an open offer to other shareholders for acquiring another 26 per cent at the same price.

The appetite for ‘litigation funding', amongst claimants as well as investors, has never been greater.

An ICC award was delivered in London 12.02.2015 in favour of the Respondent ordering the Claimant to pay a sum of €4,366,598.70.

Over the past decade, the Indian legal market has demonstrated considerable growth and has in fact, adopted a liberalised approach.

India is the third largest economy in the world – and stability coupled with consistent growth of such a large contributor to the global economy is not an easy task.

Caught up in the grid lock of a massive dispute making headlines every day, Amazon, Future Group and Reliance continue their battle all the way to the Supreme Court of India.

Many construction contracts require the contractor to enter into an agreement with a subcontractor for a specialised task of the contractor's scope of work.

The enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in India is witnessing a promising shift to be in consonance with the framework laid down by the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, ...

Earlier this year in August, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited broke the news that it had entered into a deal for the acquisition of assets of Future Retail Limited, with the transaction valuing at approximately USD 3.38 billion.

The words of J. Burrough aptly justify the unpredictability of the interpretation of the term ‘public policy' when he says

The Apex Court on 11 January, 2021 took a giant progressive leap towards developing a more liberal arbitration regime in the country by holding that non-payment of stamp duty...

In an age of increased cross-border investment, transaction and trade, modern-day commercial contracts incorporate Arbitration clauses as an efficient means of resolving disputes in a time-bound manner.

Finally, a decade old dispute between the Vodafone Group and India has come to an end.

Arbitration clauses by its very nature envisages reference of all disputes governed under the auspices of an Arbitration Agreement to be resolved vide Arbitration by reference of the parties to the Contract.

Nearly after a decade the Indian arbitration regime has come in consonance with the western world and settled the long due controversy on stamping of the arbitration agreement.