Month: October 2025

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbour to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.” -Abraham Lincoln 1. Introduction The Chief Justice of India (“CJI”) while delivering…

Appointment of serving or ex-employees of a contesting party as arbitrators continues to beleaguer the entire arbitration community. Although this issue has been put to scrutiny before various Courts but it is yet to be resolved determinatively. Such appointments are…

Introduction The Supreme Court of India in State of Chhattisgarh & Anr. v. Sal Udyog Private Limited (2021) SCC OnLine SC 1027 (“Sal Udyog”) has held that new grounds for setting aside an arbitral award for being patently illegal, can be raised for the first…