Delhi High Court: Arbitrability of Dispute Regarding Wrongful Invocation of Force Majeure Clause is to be decided by the Arbitral Tribunal and not by Court in a Section 9 Petition

In M/S Halliburton Offshore Services Inc. v. Vedanta Limited & Anr. O.M.P (I) (COMM.) No. 88/2020 decided on 29 May 2020, the Delhi High Court was called upon to decide an interesting issue in respect of pre-arbitration interim measure from Court owing to invocation of Force Majuere clause by the Contractor due to prevailing lockdown…

Enforcement of Foreign Emergency Awards during COVID-19 in India

We all have heard Mr Gary Born speaking as a President of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (‘SIAC’) in his fabulous webinar “An Evening with SIAC Court President” that SIAC has recently attended atleast 2 emergency arbitration in the times of COVID-19. However, the biggest question, besides the looming uncertainty on the recognition of emergency arbitration…