Section 29A Archives

Domestic Events & Collaborations GHAC Arbitration Week

GHAC Arbitration Week 2026: Leading arbitration practitioners discuss institutional frameworks, efficiency and the future of arbitration in India

Senior arbitration practitioners and representatives of LCIA, SIAC, ICC and MCIA discuss the shift from ad hoc to institutional arbitration, appointment of arbitrators, award scrutiny, procedural efficiency, emergency arbitration and the institutional roadmap for GHAC.

extension of arbitral mandate under Section 29-A

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Not Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’: Supreme Court Clarifies Which Court Can Extend Arbitral Mandate Under Section 29-A

“The ‘Court’ under Section 29A shall be the Civil Court of ordinary original jurisdiction in a district and includes the High Court in exercise of its original civil jurisdiction under Section 2(1)(e), and shall not be the High Court or the Supreme Court under Section 11(6) of the Act.”

Experts Corner Numen Law Offices

Balancing Fairness and Efficiency: Contours of Writ Jurisdiction in the Arbitration Landscape

by Arush Khanna* and Akarsh Pandey**

Case Briefs High Courts

Can mandate of arbitral tribunal be extended u/s 29A of the Arbitration Act, even after expiry of such mandate? Delhi HC answers

Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, empowers Courts to extend mandate of arbitral tribunals beyond the specified limitation.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Section 29A of IBC] Disqualification of promotors applying for resolution plan not applicable to MSMEs: Supreme Court

Supreme Court observed that the law laid in Digambar Anandrao Pingle (supra) by NCLAT was not correct, and that the date of submission of resolution plan has to be the cut off date.