Recent ADR Journal stories tagged India.
On July 7, 2026, nurses at the Amala Institute of Medical Sciences in Thrissur, Kerala, ended a 113-day strike after the District Labour Officer mediated talks between the hospita...
At a Delhi High Court event, Justice C Hari Shankar criticized Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 for ambiguous wording, particularly regarding the expression...
At a legal event in July 2026, Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan strongly criticized the Supreme Court's 2024 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. v. Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt...
The Supreme Court of India has referred a class action suit by Jindal Poly Films shareholders to arbitration. The dispute centers on claims by minority shareholders, and the court...
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd has received an arbitration award instructing it to pay ₹77.67 crore plus interest to Roadway Solutions Narayanpur Roads Project Privat...
Pakistan has assumed full responsibility for both its own and India's costs in the ongoing arbitration and Neutral Expert proceedings under the Indus Waters Treaty. This step foll...
On 16 July 2026, the Bombay High Court ruled in Tata Sons Private Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors. that the settlement and execution withdrawal of a foreign arbitral award do not con...
The Supreme Court of India has held that High Courts cannot ordinarily intervene under Article 227 of the Constitution to challenge an arbitral tribunal's rejection of a jurisdict...
The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, has publicly declined a Supreme Court proposal to resolve the ongoing Gyanvapi dispute through Lok Ad...
Ashok Leyland has secured a majority arbitration award against Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) in a long-running dispute over bus supplies to DTC. The award, delivered by an Arb...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Kalyani family, including Bharat Forge Chairman Baba Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath, to undertake mediation in their long-sta...
On June 2, 2026, the Supreme Court of India clarified the application of limitation periods under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act for challenges to arbitral awards. The bench...
Shanghai Electric Group has secured favorable rulings at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) in its long-running dispute over the Sasan 6×660MW coal-fired power...
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has publicly emphasized the continued delay in establishing the Arbitration Council of India, originally mandated under the Arbitration and Conci...
The Calcutta High Court issued an order appointing a sole arbitrator to adjudicate disputes between Damodar Valley Corporation and Debeanjana Hard Coke Private Limited. The disput...
On July 6, the Delhi High Court ruled that documents obtained from confidential arbitral proceedings cannot ordinarily be relied on in separate arbitration cases. This decision ar...
The Delhi High Court has enforced two foreign arbitral awards worth approximately $99 million in favor of Vedanta Limited and Singapore-based Ravva Oil. The dispute originates fro...
The Delhi High Court has held that a party who acknowledges receipt of an arbitral award via WhatsApp and takes steps to implement it cannot later challenge the award on the groun...
On July 7, 2026, the Bombay High Court upheld an arbitral award requiring Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) to pay Rs 86.02 lakh plus interest to an investor affe...
India is preparing new bilateral investment treaties that will specifically include foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and provide them with improved access to international arbit...
On 20 June 2026, the Supreme Court of India ruled that an arbitration clause included in an agreement cannot eliminate the jurisdiction of consumer courts. The Court set aside low...
The Supreme Court of India in Hirani Developers v. Nehru Nagar Samruddhi CHS Ltd. and Ors. (2026 INSC 484) addressed whether an arbitration clause from one agreement can be applie...
On June 2, the Gujarat High Court stayed arbitration proceedings involving claims of approximately ₹100 crore against Vapi Municipal Corporation (VMC) regarding disputes over lake...
On July 3, 2026, the Delhi High Court referred the question of whether time spent in mediation should be excluded from statutory deadlines for filing written statements and replic...