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Five recent High Court rulings on arbitration and contractual disputes, spanning challenges to arbitral awards under Section 34, interim measures under Section 9, arbitrability of pre-agreement disputes, contractual modification and novation, and termination of arbitral proceedings under Section 32(2)(c), rounded up from SCC’s High Court Cases (HCC).
“Once, by virtue of the Memorandum of Family Settlement, the respective shares of the family members were identified, the Builders’ Agreement, which is essentially an agreement to construct the building, will not result in its modification or novation.”
“Detailed arguments on whether an agreement which contains an arbitration clause has or has not been novated cannot possibly be decided in exercise of a limited prima facie review as to whether an arbitration agreement exists between the parties.”