ISSUE:
Whether the issue is such that it will be covered by domestic arbitration under Part I of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 or an international arbitration under Part II of the Act?
Whether GMR Energy should be made a party to arbitration proceedings?
Whether on the Basis of Pleas in the notice of arbitration issued by Doosan India, a case is made out to subject GMR Energy to arbitration along with GCEL and GIL?
Whether the Arbitral Tribunal has jurisdiction to pierce the corporate veil?
RULE:
The SIAC Rules, which are one of the top five arbitration institutions in the world lay down a flexible and efficient mechanism of conducting arbitration proceedings. Rule 7 of the 2016 SIAC Rules allows for third parties to seek intervention in arbitration proceedings as well.
The Principle of Alter-Ego, a legal doctrine where a corporation or entity is so heavily dominated that its own identity is ignored, to the extent that it is a mere instrumentality or conduit of its dominators, the two must be treated as one and the same.