Banyan Tree Growth Capital LLC v. Axiom Cordages Limited and others, Commercial Arbitration Petition No. 476 of 2019 Bombay High Court| single-judge bench | GS Kulkarni J | 30 April 2020 Banyan, a Mauritius based fund, invested USD fifty million into Axiom Cordages Limited after negotiations with Axion’s promoters. The
Continue readingAn award based on put-option in a contract does not violate the public policy of India (Bombay High Court)
Foreign award cannot be enforced if the matter involves violation of export-restrictions (Supreme Court of India)
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National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India v. Alimenta S.A., 2020 SCC OnLine SC 381 Supreme Court of India; 3-judge bench, Arun Mishra, MR Shah, BR Gavai JJ; decided on 22 April 2020 On 22 April 2020A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled on the enforceability
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Standard for setting aside arbitral award; permissibility of re-appreciating findings of fact in set-aside proceedings; claim for damages et. al. (Delhi High Court) (7 January 2020)
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G+H Schallschutz v. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 2020 SCC OnLine Del 19; single-judge bench, Sanjeev Narula, J.; Decided on 07 January 2020 The Dispute Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (“BHEL”) signed a contract with the Public Electric Company, Yemen to construct a power plant. For manufacture of some equipments required in
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Fundamental policy of Indian law includes drastic serious policy matters; inadmissible evidence not a ground covered under the public policy exception (Bombay High Court)
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Nobel Resources Ltd. v. Dharni Sampda Private Ltd., 2019 SCC OnLine Bom 4415 High Court of Bombay, single-judge bench, R. I. Chagla, decided on 18 November 2019 Nobel applied for enforcement of a SIAC award, which the respondent Dharni Sampda resisted on the ground that the award contravenes public
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Standard for setting aside award; Grounds under section 34 to set aside an award are not attracted if the tribunal’s finding is plausible, neither perverse nor contrary to evidence (Supreme Court)
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The State of Jharkhand and others v. M/s HSS Integrated SDN and another, Special Leave to Appeal (sic Special Leave Petition) (C) No. 13117 of 2019 (non-reportable) Supreme Court, 2-judge bench, Arun Mishra and M.R. Shah, JJ.; decided on 18 October 2019 HSS Integrated and VKS Infra tech Management
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