Shweta Sahu

Nishith Desai Associates

Shweta Sahu is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Practice at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA). After attaining her BBALLB (Hons) from National Law University Odisha in 2015, she attended the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata to pursue her LLM in Corporate and Commercial Laws. She won several awards during her LLM course, including the R Gopal Krishnan Scholarship and Saroja Gopal Krishnan Scholarship, Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Gold Medal, Deshapran Smriti Raksha Gold Medal, and was awarded a scholarship for securing the first position in the Corporate and Commercial Laws branch as well as the entire batch. She joined the New Delhi office of NDA in September 2016. Shweta has been actively involved in several litigations before the consumer fora, district courts, National Company Law Tribunal, the High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court of India. She is also involved in various domestic as well as foreign-seated arbitrations. Enforcement of decrees, along with arbitral awards (domestic as well foreign), comprise a significant component of her practice area. Additionally, she is involved in employment-related litigations and insolvency matters. She takes keen interest in white-collar investigations, competition law, and international trade law. Shweta is enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi and is qualified to practice Indian law.

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Challenge to jurisdiction and anti-suit injunctions in India

Practice notes

This Practice Note discusses challenges to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal under the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (ACA 1996), as amended, and anti-suit injunctions. It considers the timing for raising a jurisdictional objection, appeals to decisions on jurisdiction and the Indian courts’ approach. The Practice Note also provides guidance on granting anti-arbitration injunctions and anti-suit injunctions restraining litigation commenced in breach of arbitration agreements.

Arbitration

Enforcing arbitral awards in India

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers how an international or foreign arbitration (arbitral) award can be recognised and enforced in India. It covers the relevant provisions of the New York Convention, including grounds on which enforcement can be refused and the procedure (process) for seeking enforcement. It discusses the attitudes of the Indian courts to international arbitral awards, the potential for setting aside of awards (considering the decision in BALCO), payments under a foreign award and the potential for an appeal of a judicial decision. This topic may also be referred to as applications (applying for) the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in India.

Arbitration

Interim measures in support of arbitration in India

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the availability of interim measures (relief) from the Indian courts in support of domestic and foreign arbitration.

Arbitration

Practice Area

Arbitration

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2017

Education

LLM (Corporate and Commercial laws), National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (2016)
BBALLB (Hons), National Law University Odisha (2010-2015)

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