THE ARBITRATION WORKSHOP

The article critically examines the Delhi High Court’s recent full bench ruling in Pragati Constructions Consultants v. Union of India (2025), which addressed the consequences of procedural defects in Section 34 petitions under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

The blog examines the increasing use of arbitration to resolve various types of real estate disputes in India, including those between countries, construction-related matters, and tech-related disputes.

This article presents a detailed legal analysis in support of the Supreme Court's landmark majority opinion in Gayatri Balaswamy v. M/S ISG Novasoft Technologies Ltd. It argues that granting courts a limited power to modify arbitral awards is a pragmatic and necessary evolution, not judicial overreach, and counters textualist critiques by defending the Court’s purposive interpretation, which frames modification as a logical corollary of severability.

Rethinking Dispute Resolution for Blockchain & Crypto Conflicts

- Khyati Maurya [1] & Saransh Sood [2]   Introduction The new Arbitration Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment...

Navigating Maritime Disputes: Interplay of the Admiralty Act, 2017, and Arbitration Act, 1996