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M/s Arif Azim Co. Ltd. v. M/s Micromax Informatics Fze

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Reported as [2024] 11 S.C.R. 1142
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 7 November 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we are of the considered opinion that the Arbitration Act, 1996 has accepted the territoriality principle which has been adopted the Uncitral Model Law.

Judgment, page 51

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration (a) Whether the present petition under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 maintainable in India; (b) whether seat of arbitration designated under the aforesaid Distributorship Agreement is in India; (c) whether the arbitration agreement could be said to be governed by the Indian laws. Headnotes† Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Application of Part-I: Held: Part I of the Act, 1996 and the provisions thereunder only applies where the arbitration takes place in India i.e., where either (I) the seat of arbitration is in India OR (II) the law

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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