N ot so long ago, the idea of India as the place for resolution of international commercial disputes would have sounded like the start of a bad lawyer joke. Equally unimaginable was that the Supreme Court of India, known for decades for its exceptional judicial activism and for protecting the constitutional rights of India’s citizenry, would throw its weight behind the idea of making India a destination for the resolution of high-value commercial disputes — first, for adjudicating disputes related to domestic investments; and second, for adjudicating disputes related to cross-border investments.

The India Alternative Dispute Resolution Week, organised by the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi last month, reflects a change unimaginable just a decade

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