By: Akhil Mahesh and Girish Deepak Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet have been engaged in promulgating economic changes by bringing in several reformative policies such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Land Acquisition Bill, 2015. One of the lesser known, yet significant amendments, is the Arbitration Amendment Bill, 2015, which is based on the recommendations of the Law Commission … Continue reading Party Autonomy in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Is Derogation from Indian Law Permissible?

By: Tania Singla Gary Born, one of the world’s most renowned names in international commercial arbitration, has brought a rather radical idea to the arbitration table. In a recent series of speeches titled, ‘BITs, BATs and BUTs: Reflections on International Arbitration’, he proposed borrowing the idea of bilateral treaties from the investment treaty regime and incorporating it within the fabric of the international commercial arbitration … Continue reading The Bilateral Arbitration Treaty Regime: Some ‘BUTs’ for Thought

By: Ananya Pratap Singh & Lauv Kumar INTRODUCTION With the advent of e-commerce worldwide, India has proved to be a lucrative market for Multinational Corporations (or MNCs) for commencing businesses. Consumers in India are not much aware of their digital rights. Moreover, India also lacks dispute resolution forums for such digital claims. In this scenario, there is an impending need for Online Arbitration (hereinafter ‘OA’) … Continue reading Online Arbitration in India