In PCP International Limited v Lanco Infratech Ltd, Delhi High Court recently held that parties engaged in arbitration cannot agree to confer jurisdiction on a court that otherwise has no jurisdiction, and that only the seat of arbitration will give territorial jurisdiction and not the venue of jurisdiction.
The court was considering a petition filed by PCP under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, by which a party may apply to a court for interim measures.
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The dispute digest is compiled by Bhasin & Co, Advocates, a corporate law firm based in New Delhi. The authors can be contacted at lbhasin@bhasinco.in or lbhasin@gmail.com. Readers should not act on the basis of this information without seeking professional legal advice.