Jurisdictional Defect at the Stage of Appointment Renders Arbitral Award Void Ab Initio in International Commercial Arbitration
In International commercial arbitration (ICA), can an arbitral award be dismantled by a single jurisdictional error made at its inception, specifically when an arbitral tribunal is appointed by a forum lacking the inherent authority to do so? In the landscape of Indian arbitration, the answer is a sobering one: an award’s “finality” is only as strong as the authority of […]
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