Region: India

An Indian entertainment conglomerate says that Japan’s Sony is planning to pursue arbitration following the collapse of a US$10 billion merger that would have created one of India’s largest media companies.  

22 January 2024

A UK-owned mining company has notified India of an investment treaty dispute over a prospecting licence for a gold project, months after securing third-party funding to bring a claim.

03 January 2024

The Indian Supreme Court has held that arbitration clauses in unstamped or improperly stamped contracts are not automatically void or unenforceable, reversing its own controversial ruling from earlier this year.

13 December 2023

The Indian Supreme Court has affirmed that non-signatories can be bound by arbitration clauses under the ‘group of companies’ doctrine – but only when several factors indicate their implied consent.  

11 December 2023

India’s state-owned gas company GAIL has filed a US$1.8 billion LCIA claim against a former Gazprom unit for failing to supply contracted cargoes of LNG.

04 December 2023

Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has obtained a Singapore freezing order worth over €150 million against British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House Group as part of efforts to enforce an LCIA award.

02 November 2023

The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that India cannot rely on state immunity as a defence to enforcement of a US$111 million investment treaty award arising from a cancelled satellite deal.

24 October 2023

The Indian Supreme Court has upheld a decision to annul a US$1.3 billion ICC award against a state entity on grounds of fraud.

16 October 2023

An Indian biotech company says that its Canadian partner has filed an US$118 million ICC claim over their collaboration to develop drugs.

06 October 2023

After its controversial ruling earlier this year that unstamped arbitration agreements are unenforceable, India’s Supreme Court has agreed to refer the decision to a seven-judge bench for reconsideration.

29 September 2023