Supreme Court ruling & new amendments push for institutional arbitration and online dispute resolutionIndia's Supreme Court recently ruled against unilaterally appointed arbitrators, impacting loan recovery and dispute resolution. The articl...
24 Nov, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
SC holds unilateral arbitrator appointment clauses in public-private contracts invalidThe Supreme Court ruled that clauses in public-private contracts allowing one party to unilaterally appoint arbitrators violate the right t...
08 Nov, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
Tata Power and Adaro International in arbitration over coal supply disputeTata Power Company Ltd and Adaro International are in a legal dispute over a coal supply agreement for the Trombay power plant. Both compan...
19 Sep, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
Supreme Court lauds Bombay HC practice of appointing young lawyers as arbitrators"Bombay High Court has now started a practice of appointing young knowledgeable lawyers as arbitrators at minimal cost. These young lawyers...
28 Aug, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
Bill to encourage arbitration of commercial disputesThe new bill, which amends the 1996 Act, seeks to provide for a robust mechanism to deal with institutional disputes and ensures accountabi...
15 Jul, 2019, 05.45 PM IST
Vodafone Group allowed to take part in appointing arbitrator in tax caseEarlier the company had initiated a similar arbitration under the India-Netherlands BIPA on the same issue and the proceeding on it is goin...
27 Oct, 2017, 12.54 AM IST
World Bank halts parallel processes on India-Pakistan hydel projectsSources in the government described the decision as a vindication of India's principled stand that the two processes couldn't be initiated ...
14 Dec, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
World Bank 'pauses' Indus treaty processes started by India, PakistanThe pause was announced by Kim in letters to the finance ministers of India and Pakistan.
13 Dec, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
Govt to soon appoint arbitrator in the Vodafone tax caseThe govt is close to appointing an arbitrator to replace R C Lahoti, who had declined to arbitrate on its behalf in the Rs 20k crore tax ca...
09 Jul, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Vodafone says arbitration may be delayed as 2 arbitrators quitEarlier, the government had approved the conciliation with Vodafone in June 2013 in a bid to resolve the capital gains tax dispute.
19 May, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
RIL seeks immediate start of KG-D6 cost recovery arbitrationWith KG-D6 cost recovery arbitration stuck for 3 years, Reliance Industries has sought immediate start of proceedings for early resolution ...
26 Dec, 2014, 06.15 PM IST
RIL arbitration on KG-D6 block issue: Ex-CJI SP Bharucha recuses himself from the caseThe government had challenged the nomination of Bharucha in the arbitration alleging the retired judge had not made full disclosure about h...
06 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government to move Supreme Court on 3rd arbitrator in Reliance Industries' KG-D6 gas caseThe Oil Ministry, feels that an arbitrator appointed by the Supreme Court cannot reapoint himself once he has withdrawn.
20 Jul, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
Supreme Court withdraws Australian judge as arbitrator in Reliance Industries caseThe SC has withdrawn the appointment of James Jacob Spigelman as a presiding arbitrator in disputes between Reliance Industries and the cen...
03 Apr, 2014, 01.29 AM IST
Contract termination notice without firm basis: AgustaAgusta Westland has said that contract termination notice sent to it does not offer any firm basis for action taken.
03 Jan, 2014, 10.55 AM IST
- Alternative dispute resolution methods: Arbitration and mediation
Two of the most common alternative dispute resolution methods are arbitration and mediation. Arbitration is less formal than litigation, wh...
08 Aug, 2011, 04.10 AM IST
- Hutch, BPL to appoint arbitrators over merger issue
With no signs of an "amicable" solution in sight to the dispute between Essar and Hutch over the merger of BPL (Mumbai) circle with their j...
14 Sep, 2006, 04.40 PM IST