2020 SCMR 200
XYZ Petrochemicals (Pvt.) Ltd. v. ABC Trading Corporation
Also known as: XYZ v. ABC
- Court
- supreme court
- Decided
- 2020
- Court name
- Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Bench
- Two-member bench
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 and limited grounds of refusal.
Key holdings
1. Courts must adopt a pro-enforcement bias for foreign awards.
2. Public policy exception is to be construed narrowly.
3. Merits of the award are not open for re-examination.