Summary: In this video, Adimesh Lochan, Shruti Dhonde and Arjun Gupta, members of the International Dispute Resolution and Investigation Practice Group, discuss a judgment of the Supreme Court in SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Krish Spinning. The judgment deals with (a) the scope of judicial interference in an application for appointment of arbitrators, (b) arbitrability of disputes where contracts were discharged by ‘accord and satisfaction’; (c) scope of judicial interference where the issue includes discharge of a contract by ‘accord and satisfaction’, (d) scope of inquiry into whether the underlying claims are time barred.
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