SC’s rendezvous with “Group of Companies” doctrine – a complicated love affair

In its recent judgement , the Supreme Court of India (“SC”) upheld that a non-signatory can also be bound by an arbitration agreement basis the ‘Group of Companies’ doctrine. WHAT IS ‘GROUP OF COMPANIES’ DOCTRINE? The ‘Group of Companies’ doctrine is akin to principles of agency or implied consent, whereby the corporate affiliations among distinct legal […]