ISSUE:
Whether Indian Courts and authorities can exercise jurisdiction over disputes with a foreign arbitration law under Part I of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996?
Whether the petition filed under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 at the Delhi High Court is maintainable?
RULE:
in Bhatia International v. Bulk Trading S.A. & Anr., (2002) 4 SCC 105, resurrected this doctrine of concurrent jurisdiction by holding, in paragraph 32, that even where arbitrations are held outside India, unless the parties agree to exclude the application of Part-I of the Arbitration Act, 1996, either expressly or by necessary implication, the courts in India will exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the court in the country in which the foreign award was made