Interim measures and enforcement of foreign arbitral award between two Indian parties

On 3 November 2020 a single-judge bench of the High Court of Gujarat determined the scope and applicability of Sections 9 and 47 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 in GE Power Conversion India Private Limited v PASL Wind Solutions Private Limited (R/PETN under Arbitration Act 131/2019 with R/PETN under Arbitration Act 134/2019). Importantly, while dealing with the objections raised under Section 48 of the act, the court also delved into the highly debated question of whether two Indian parties can agree to choose a seat of arbitration outside India. This issue is now ripe to be finally decided by the Supreme Court, provided that this matter reaches the apex court.