Region: India
Justice Nariman reflects on estoppel and arbitrability
Retired Indian Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman used a speech at GAR Live Delhi to critique two recent rulings from the Singapore courts – reflecting on their approach to the questions of issue estoppel and arbitrability respectively.
03 May 2024
“Enough is enough!”: Indian satellite award enforced in US
A US court has enforced a US$140 million investment treaty award won by Deutsche Telekom against India over a cancelled satellite deal, rejecting the state’s immunity arguments and refusing to allow briefing of further merits defences.
02 April 2024
US healthcare group wins damages in Indian M&A dispute
A US digital health services provider has won an ICC award worth over US$110 million against the sellers of an Indian healthcare business over their refusal to relinquish control of the company after the sale.
26 March 2024
LCIA to hear feud over cricket broadcast rights
UPDATED WITH COUNSEL. A Disney subsidiary has filed LCIA proceedings against India’s largest listed media company after a US$1.4 billion deal for the broadcast of cricket matches collapsed.
15 March 2024
Mozambique defeats treaty claim over rail project
A divided UNCITRAL tribunal has thrown out an Indian investor’s US$156 million treaty claim against Mozambique over a rail and port project.
29 February 2024
Fali Nariman dies at 95
The international arbitration community is mourning the death of leading Indian jurist and arbitrator Fali Nariman, who passed away this morning aged 95.
21 February 2024
Billion-dollar dispute over Indian gas venture headed for arbitration
The Indian Supreme Court is set to send a billion-dollar dispute between India’s national oil company and a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Japan’s Nippon Steel to arbitration.
09 February 2024
Sony denied emergency relief in Indian merger dispute
A SIAC emergency arbitrator has refused to restrain India’s largest listed media company from pursuing court proceedings to try to enforce a US$10 billion merger with Sony.
05 February 2024
Indian court stays Malawian entity’s PCA claim
The High Court of Delhi has restrained a Malawian entity from continuing with a claim against an Indian company at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, finding there was a prima facie case the arbitrator was not appointed in line with the arbitration agreement.
24 January 2024