Supreme Court Flags Rise of Litigation at Every Stage of Arbitration

The Supreme Court remarked that arbitration in India is generating litigation at every stage while hearing a challenge to an ICC tribunal’s decision to shift the final hearing from Delhi to London.

The Court noted that the arbitration agreement and the ICC framework fixed Hyderabad as the venue and questioned how proceedings moved across locations without a single hearing there.

It also asked why domestic venues were not explored, observing that India has several capable centres.

The Bench sought venue proposals that would allow the December hearings to proceed and indicated the case would be taken up tomorrow.

[NMDC Steel v. Danieli]