Bombay High Court Dismisses Multi-Credit Society's Appeal, Upholds Setting Aside Of Arbitral Award Over Borrowers' Membership

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 17 March dismissed an arbitration appeal filed by Rajlaxmi Multistate Credit Co-operative Society Ltd, declining to interfere with an order setting aside an arbitral award passed in its favour in a loan recovery dispute. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Pravin S. Patil held that the arbitral award suffered from patent illegality as the arbitrator had wrongly assumed jurisdiction without establishing that the borrowers were members of the...

Rejection Of Impleadment Is A Jurisdictional Determination, Appealable Under Section 37 Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently held that rejection of an impleadment application by an arbitral tribunal amounts to a jurisdictional determination under Sections 16(2) and 16(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and is therefore appealable under Section 37 of the Act. Justice Avneesh Jhingan observed that while deciding whether a non-signatory can be added to arbitration proceedings, the tribunal necessarily rules on its own jurisdiction. “The court on an application for...

Delhi High Court Rejects SpiceJet Plea To Substitute ₹144.51 Crore Deposit With Property In Dispute With Kalanithi Maran

The Delhi High Court has recently rejected a plea by SpiceJet Ltd. seeking to substitute the court-directed cash deposit of Rs. 144.51 crore with security in the form of a Gurugram property owned by the airline, holding that the request was an abuse of process as similar grounds had already been raised before the Supreme Court and rejected. Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order while dealing with applications seeking modification of directions issued on January 19, 2026, by which the...

LiveLawBiz Arbitration Weekly Digest: March 15 - March 21, 2026

NOMINAL INDEXUjaas Energy LTD. v. West Bengal Power Development Corporation LTD., 2026 LLBiz SC 122 State of Goa, Rep. By Executive Engineer, Public Works Department v. M/s. U. P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 141 NHAI PIU Aurangabad v. Kerman Sam Amroliwala & Anr.; Kerman Sam Amroliwala v. Competent Authority (Land Acquisition) & Anr., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 143 National Highway Authority of India v. Suresh Pandharinath Matre & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 151 ...

Contractual Disputes Involving Tax Compliance Arbitrable, Not Sovereign Tax Levy Issues: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently reiterated that while disputes relating to sovereign functions such as imposition or levy of tax are non-arbitrable, but disputes arising out of contractual obligations between parties, even if they involve issues of tax reimbursement or GST compliance, remain arbitrable. A bench of Justice Vikas Budhwar relying on rulings in Vidya Drolia vs. Durga Trading Corporation and other precedents, observed, "From the law laid down in the aforesaid decisions,It is...

Meghalaya High Court Rejects Plea That No Formal Reference Was Made, Holds Contempt Petition Maintainable

The Meghalaya High Court has held a contempt petition arising from alleged disobedience of arbitral tribunal directions to be maintainable, rejecting an objection that no proper reference had been made by the tribunal and holding that the process of reference stood completed in the facts of the case. The Division Bench of Justice W. Diengdoh and Justice B. Bhattacharjee held that the tribunal's order directing that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice, followed by orders placing the...

Bombay High Court Directs Gagan Ace Developers To Deposit Rs. 7.81 Crore Arbitral Award For Stay

The Bombay High Court on 18 March upheld a District Judge's order under Section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, directing Gagan Ace Developers to deposit the entire arbitral award amount of Rs. 7.81 crore along with interest as a condition for stay. A Single Bench comprising Justice N.J. Jamadar held that the developers failed to make out any exceptional circumstances warranting an unconditional stay of the award in their dispute with Choice, a partnership firm primarily...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Air India Appeals, Upholds Arbitral Awards On Wage Arrears For AIAEA & IATA

Today, The Delhi High Court dismissed Air India Limited's appeals and upheld arbitral awards directing the airline and its predecessor entities to pay wage arrears of Rs. 57.92 crore to the All India Aircraft Engineers Association (AIAEA) and Rs. 7.81 lakh to the Indian Aircraft Technicians Association (IATA). A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that Presidential Directives (PDs) issued on wage revision and arrears for engineers and technicians, are...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Jiostar In Legends League Cricket Media Rights Dispute

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief restraining Absolute Legends Sports Private Limited and another from transferring, assigning, or creating any third-party rights in the media and commercial rights relating to the Legends League Cricket Master T20 tournament, in a dispute with Jiostar India Pvt. Ltd., pending arbitration proceedings. Referring to Jiostar India Pvt. Ltd.'s petition seeking restraint on third-party rights in the tournament's media and commercial rights, the bench of...

Arbitral Tribunal Cannot Direct Renewal Of Determinable Contract: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has set aside an arbitral award and a subsequent order of a single judge, ruling that an arbitral tribunal cannot direct continuation or renewal of a determinable contract, as such relief is barred under Section 14(d) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. A Division Bench of Justice P. Velmurugan and Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi held that once a contract is determinable in nature, an arbitral tribunal cannot compel its continuation or renewal. “Section 14(d) of the...

Kerala High Court Upholds Award Granting Compensation For Entire House Rendered Unusable By NHAI Acquisition

The Kerala High Court dismissed an appeal challenging an arbitral award granting compensation for an entire residential building affected by land acquisition for National Highway-66 development in Kasaragod, Kerala.A division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. dismissed the appeal filed by the Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, reiterating the limited scope of interference under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.“The...

Time Limit Under Arbitration Act Not Applicable To National Highway Act Arbitration: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has recently held that the time limit for making an arbitral award under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, does not apply to arbitrations conducted under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956, as the Arbitration Act applies only to the limited extent provided under Section 3G(6) and only where it is not inconsistent with the special statutory scheme.Under the provision, an award in domestic commercial arbitration needs to be...