https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388905 The SC held that arbitration involving a consortium where the lead member is a foreign architectural firm with registered office in New York constitutes International Commercial Arbitration under Section 2(1)(f) of the Arbitration Act. The Court determined that despite joint and several liability clauses, the lead member's foreign status satisfied statutory requirements for international arbitration classification. Following precedent from earlier consortium cases, the Court concluded that central management and control being outside India through the foreign lead member established international character. The application for arbitrator appointment was allowed, with the Court finding no impediment to entertaining the application despite respondent's prior arbitrator nomination. en-us Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388905 The SC held that arbitration involving a consortium where the lead member is a foreign architectural firm with registered office in New York constitutes International Commercial Arbitration under Section 2(1)(f) of the Arbitration Act. The Court determined that despite joint and several liability clauses, the lead member's foreign status satisfied statutory requirements for international arbitration classification. Following precedent from earlier consortium cases, the Court concluded that central management and control being outside India through the foreign lead member established international character. The application for arbitrator appointment was allowed, with the Court finding no impediment to entertaining the application despite respondent's prior arbitrator nomination. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388905