High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Arbitral Tribunal's Jurisdictional Ruling in Contract Dispute — Novation of Contracts and Non-Assignment of Arbitration Agreement. The court held that the original contracts were novated by subsequent agreements, and the arbitration clause did not pass to the petitioner by merger, thus the tribunal lacked jurisdiction.
20 Jul 2016The petitioner, DLF Power Limited (now Eastern India Powertech Limited), filed a petition under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19...






