Asia-Pacific, BIT, India, Investment agreements, Investment Arbitration, ISDS

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Introduction The Government of India recently released the Draft Indian Model BIT (“Draft BIT”) for public consultation. India has an extensive BIT network with over 72 BITs in force. In 2012, following the investment treaty award against India in White Industries award, the Government initiated a comprehensive effort to revise the Model Indian BIT (“Old…

Anti-arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Asia-Pacific, BIT, Consent, Courts, ILC Articles on State Responsibility, India, International arbitration, Investment Arbitration, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

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On 29 September 2014, the Calcutta High Court in Board of Trustees of the Port of Kolkata v. Louis Dreyfus Armaturs SAS & Ors delivered the first decision by an Indian Court on a case directly arising from an investment treaty arbitration. The case concerns an anti-arbitration injunction sought against Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS (“LDA”),…