Judicial Intervention

India Digital ADR Summit 2026
DomesticEvents & CollaborationsIndia Digital ADR Summit

At the India Digital ADR Summit 2026, arbitration practitioners examined the challenges affecting the enforcement of arbitral awards, including the quality of awards, judicial intervention, domain expertise, institutional arbitration, patent illegality and the need for greater consistency and certainty in arbitration-related proceedings.

Pathological arbitration clauses
Experts CornerIndividualVasanth Rajasekaran

by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**

Events & CollaborationsGHAC Arbitration Week

Session 2 on Day 1 of Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre Arbitration Week 2026 examined India’s arbitration journey after the 2015 amendments, with leading judges and practitioners discussing judicial intervention, institutional arbitration, enforcement of awards, specialised arbitration courts, GIFT City as a potential preferred seat and the evolving standards of independence and disclosure under the IBA Guidelines 2024.

GHAC Arbitration Week 2026
DomesticEvents & CollaborationsGHAC Arbitration Week

At the inaugural ceremony of GHAC Arbitration Week 2026, Justices V.M. Pancholi and N.V. Anjaria focused on strengthening India’s arbitration ecosystem by building institutional confidence and returning the process to its core values of independence, efficiency, accessibility, party autonomy and settlement.

Illegal sand mining Chambal Sanctuary
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Reaffirming the importance of environmental flows, biodiversity conservation, and institutional accountability, the Supreme Court stressed that environmental protection requires sustained and time-bound action on the ground rather than mere administrative assurances or delayed compliance.

Due Process Challenges in Arbitration
Events & CollaborationsLondon International Disputes Week

At International Arbitration Day during LIDW26, leading practitioners, academics and judges examined due process challenges in arbitration, discussing public policy review, the Semenya litigation, corruption-based challenges, AI-assisted decision-making, expert evidence and judicial scrutiny of arbitral awards.

Writ Jurisdiction in Arbitration
Experts CornerNumen Law Offices

by Arush Khanna* and Akarsh Pandey**

Termination of Player Representation Agreement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A possible view by an Arbitrator on facts has necessarily to pass muster as the Arbitrator is the ultimate master of the quantity and quality of evidence to be relied upon when he delivers his arbitral award.”

Scope of Judicial Intervention under Arbitration Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The scope of Section 34 review, though narrow, does permit the court to excise patently illegal portions of an award, even if a granular item-by-item objection was not pleaded, so long as the broad ground was raised and both parties had opportunity to address.”

Chhattisgarh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Acceptance of appointment, even under protest, amounts to exhaustion of the one-time benefit. There cannot be endless negotiation or choice in such appointments, which are an exception to the general rule of recruitment.”

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In most of the cases, we found that the age of the victim/child/girl is between 16 to 18 years and the age of the offender is 19 to 22 years. In our opinion, this is a serious issue and threat to the future of the youth of the country.”

Justice Hima Kohli
Events/WebinarsNews

Arbitration with States and State-Owned Entities in Asia and MENA: Tips, Traps & Tacts

Reconsidering Referral Jurisprudence in India
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Senu Nizar† and Velpula Audityaa††

Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Democratically elected nations burgeon on absolutely free and impartial elections and India being a colossal democracy demands such a process.”

Hot Off The PressNews

Latest Update in the Case: As reported by ANI, Telangana High Court orders to preserve the bodies of the accused, till 13-12-2019.

Case BriefsHigh Courts

A representation was made at the Chief Justice’s Office on 6-12-2019, wherein the request for judicial intervention was placed with respect to