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“Unified Arbitration for Interlinked Contracts: Gujarat High Court Reinforces Consolidated Reference Under Section 11 in the Adani–SMS Carbon Dispute”
Introduction The question of whether multiple agreements forming part of the same commercial transaction can be referred to a single arbitration continues to arise frequently in complex commercial arrangements. The Gujarat High Court, in its CAV judgment dated 13 September 2024 in Adani Enterprise Ltd v. M/s SMS Carbon & Minerals Pvt. Ltd. (C/ARBI.P/76/2023), delivered a detailed exposition on this issue, reaffirming the principle that arbitration must be interpreted in a co
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