Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi Vs. Induction Corporate Solutions Pvt. Ltd. – Delhi High Court
Hon’ble High Court held that the venue where the hearings are held cannot be conflated with the place of arbitration. In the present case, the parties had agreed that the arbitral proceedings would be held in Delhi as is apparent from the plain language of the arbitration clause in the Agreement. In the absence of any contra indication, it would follow that the parties had agreed that the seat of arbitration is Delhi. There was no plausible reason to assume that the seat of arbitration is Connaught Place, New Delhi. Merely because the hearings were held in an office in Connaught Place, New Delhi does not mean that the seat of arbitration was Connaught Place, New Delhi.