BHATIA INTERNATIONAL vs BULK TRADING S.A.

The Supreme Court addressed whether Part I of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, applies to international commercial arbitrations held outside India. The appellant challenged the maintainability of a Section 9 application for interim relief filed in an Indian court when the seat of arbitration was Paris. The court examined the scope of judicial intervention in foreign-seated arbitrations under the 1996 Act.