A claimant will typically start arbitration by sending a document known as a “request for arbitration” or a “notice to arbitrate” to its opponent.
The arbitration clause must be contained either in a document signed by the parties, or in an exchange of letters, telefaxes, telegrams or other means of telecommunication through electronic means (emails, SMSs, chats, etc.), or through an exchange of statements of claim and defence in which the existence of an ...
"Any dispute or difference whatsoever arising between the parties out of or relating to the construction, meaning, scope, operation or effect of this contract or the validity or the breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration in ance with the Rules of Arbitration of the Indian Council of Arbitration and the ...
The arbitration agreement provides the basis for arbitration. It is defined as an agreement to submit present or future disputes to arbitration. By entering into an arbitration agreement, the parties commit to submit certain matters to the arbitrators‟ decision rather than have them resolved by law courts.
With the party applying for reference to arbitration under sub-section (1), and the said agreement or certified copy is retained by the other party to that agreement, then, the party so applying shall file such application along with a copy of the arbitration agreement and a petition praying the Court to call upon the ...
Indian law recognizes the principle of Kompetenz - Kompetenz and vests the power with the arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction, including ruling on any objections, with respect to the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement.
The Scope of the Clause. This section of the clause is critical; it sets the boundaries for which disputes the tribunal is authorised to determine. Choice of Rules. The Number of Arbitrators. Appointing Authority. Choice of Venue. The language of the proceedings. Finality. Exclusion of the right of appeal.
The Scope of the Clause. This section of the clause is critical; it sets the boundaries for which disputes the tribunal is authorised to determine. Choice of Rules. The Number of Arbitrators. Appointing Authority. Choice of Venue. The language of the proceedings. Finality. Exclusion of the right of appeal.
Parties: The right parties need to be party to the arbitration agreement. This can be a problem where the contractual counterparty is a newly incorporated joint venture without assets or a state owned entity. The arbitration agreement should include the party against whom any award will be enforced.