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Collaborator bound by joint undertaking is a veritable party to contract, can invoke arbitration clause: Supreme court
A legal professional in a dark suit holding a wooden gavel over an open book next to a golden scale of justice on a desk, featuring a text overlay about the Supreme Court ruling on collaborators and arbitration clauses. Elecon Engineering Company Ltd. v. Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd. and Anr. | Civil Appeal No. 7116/2026 | Supreme Court of India | May 7, 2026 The Supreme Court has held that a Collaborator who executes a Deed of Joint Undertaking as an inextricable part of
Your arbitration clause does not apply to MSME suppliers: Supreme court in Gujarat state civil supplies corporation ltd. v. Mahakali foods pvt. ltd.
Supreme Court Ruling: Arbitration Clause Excludes MSME Suppliers in Case Between Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. and Mahakali Foods Pvt. Ltd. Commercial contracts between large buyers and their smaller vendors routinely contain carefully drafted arbitration clauses. For years, buyers relied on these clauses to channel any payment dispute to a forum of their choosing, often to the exclusion of the statutory dispute resolution mechanism available under the Micro,
An Arbitrator Can Grant Post-Award Interest on the Principal Alone: Supreme Court in Morgan Securities v. Videocon Industries
Supreme Court Ruling on Arbitration: Arbitrators Can Grant Post-Award Interest on Principal Alone in Morgan Securities v. Videocon Industries. A question that has long troubled arbitration practitioners in India concerns the scope of an arbitrator's discretion when awarding post-award interest. Must the arbitrator always apply the statutory rate of eighteen percent on the entire awarded sum, including pre-award interest? Or does the arbitrator retain the freedom to tailor the
You Cannot Fake Urgency to Skip Mediation: Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar v. T.K.D. Keerthi
Supreme Court Ruling Highlights Importance of Mediation in Legal Proceedings: "You Cannot Fake Urgency to Skip Mediation" in Yamini Manohar v. T.K.D. Keerthi Case. In a significant ruling for the alternative dispute resolution landscape, the Supreme Court of India has made clear that plaintiffs in commercial suits cannot manufacture a prayer for urgent interim relief simply to sidestep the mandatory pre-litigation mediation requirement under Section 12A of the Commercial Cou
Binding the Non-Signatory: Supreme Court's Constitution Bench Settles the Group of Companies Doctrine
Supreme Court's Constitution Bench Resolves Group of Companies Doctrine, Addressing Non-Signatory Binding Issues. Cox and Kings Ltd. v. SAP India Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. | Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench) | Arbitration Petition (Civil) No. 38 of 2020 | Decided: 06.12.2023 Can a company that never signed an arbitration agreement be pulled into arbitration proceedings? And can a parent company be bound by an agreement signed only by its subsidiary? A five-judge Constitut
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