Banks want arbitration restored for infra disputes above ₹10 croreBanks want arbitration back for big infrastructure disputes. They fear new rules will slow down payments and hurt sector funding. The gover...
29 May, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
Reliance, BP, Niko seek amicable settlement in KG basin gas dispute; SC defers hearing to July 21The Supreme Court has postponed the Krishna-Godavari gas dispute hearing. Reliance Industries and its partners wish to settle the matter am...
27 May, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Krishna-Godavari Basin: SC agrees to fresh plea by Reliance to resolve dispute with CentreThe Supreme Court will hear Reliance Industries' plea for an amicable resolution of the Krishna-Godavari basin gas migration dispute. The C...
26 May, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
RIL, foreign firms refute in SC Centre's claim of 'unjust' extraction of gas from KG basinReliance Industries and its offshore partners are strongly denying allegations of siphoning gas from ONGC fields. The companies are in the ...
21 May, 2026, 08.32 PM IST
Google rejects UK union recognition but offers talks via conciliation bodyUnder UK rules, the move opens a 20-working-day window, extendable by agreement, for talks on recognition. If talks fail, unions can seek s...
20 May, 2026, 10.20 PM IST
SC asks Ministry of Law and Justice to take a serious look at the arbitration regime prevailing in IndiaThe Supreme Court has urged the Law Ministry to revise India's arbitration laws while considering the 2024 Bill, expressing concern over pe...
02 May, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
Courts can modify arbitral awards, Supreme Court holds in majority verdictIn a significant 4:1 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that courts possess the authority to modify arbitral awards under the 1996 Arbit...
30 Apr, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
View: Stitches to glitches in Arbitration ActWith mounting pressure on the Courts and mushrooming of arbitration related cases, specialized arbitration tribunals like NCLT, NCDRC or NG...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.50 PM IST
Centre sets up panel led by former Law Secy T K Vishwanathan to recommend reforms in arbitration lawIndia's government has established a panel to evaluate the operation of the country's arbitration ecosystem, including an examination of th...
16 Jun, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Government issues ordinance to amend arbitration lawThe ordinance which further amends the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 also does away with the 8th Schedule of the Act which contain...
04 Nov, 2020, 08.55 PM IST
Government constitutes expert panel to resolve oil, gas disputesThe 'Committee of External Eminent Persons/Experts' for dispute resolution will comprise former oil secretary G C Chaturvedi, Oil India Ltd...
25 Dec, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
How a Supreme Court ruling may ease logjam in arbitration casesThe apex court has suggested that the government consider the object of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and the effect of the 2015 ame...
23 Mar, 2018, 08.35 PM IST
Bills on commercial courts, arbitration passed by ParliamentUnder the amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, an arbitrator will have to settle a case within 18 months.
23 Dec, 2015, 03.42 PM IST
Union Cabinet defers decision on Arbitration Act amendmentWhile no official reason was given, a senior minister said that the bill could be taken up in the Cabinet meeting next week, with a changed...
16 Jul, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
Vodafone to start tax pre-conciliation talks with govt: Analjit SinghWhile Vodafone has indicated its preference for conciliation under UNCITRAL, India has proposed settlement under the Indian Arbitration and...
19 Sep, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
Vodafone tax row: Talks to be 'non-binding' and 'non-formal conciliation process under common law'The process would be more open-ended and flexible and would be based on broadly-accepted judicial principles on international taxation.
06 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Cabinet okays peace talks with Vodafone under Indian laws to break deadlock over Rs 20,000 crore tax disputeThe outcome of the conciliation process, for which no time frame has been set, will not be binding and will be under the Indian Arbitration...
05 Jun, 2013, 07.10 AM IST