The Arbitration Workshop

The article analyses contractual restrictions on pre-award interest under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. It traces the jurisprudence on interest-prohibitory clauses over the years, and explains when phrases such as “delayed payments,” “amounts payable,” “disputed claims” and “any interest whatsoever” may constitute an effective contractual bar on...

This article examines the evolving boundaries of arbitral discretion in the interpretation of contracts under Indian arbitration law, with particular reference to Section 28(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

This article examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Disortho SAS v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. and its implications for the law governing arbitration agreements in India. The case addressed an important question left unanswered by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: which law governs an arbitration agreement when the parties have not expressly chosen one.

Gaurav and Avni trace the history of Impleadment of Non-Signatories in Arbitration while diving deep and going beyond Group Companies and rather applying the principles of Composite Transactions to implead non-signatories.