From Bias to Balance: Indian Supreme Court’s Stand on Unilateral Arbitrator Appointments

A five-judge Bench (“Constitution Bench”) of the Supreme Court of India (“SC”) recently delivered a landmark judgment in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV) (“CORE-II”), on the validity of unilateral appointment clauses. The SC held that such clauses cast justifiable doubts on the independence and impartiality of arbitral tribunals.

Please click here to read the full article by Partner – Anjali Anchayil published in Kluwer Arbitration Blog.