DOI v DOJ & 2 Ors

[2025] SGHC(I) 15 Singapore International Commercial Court 5 May 2025 • SIC/OA 20/2024 ( SIC/SUM 12/2025 ) • 127 min read
37 cases cited (35 SG, 2 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Catchwords

Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Judges (1)

Roger Giles Delivered

Counsel (14)

Davinder Singh Chambers LLC Firm Wong & Leow LLC Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Ashish Chugh Counsel Defendant Chang Boon Ngee Laura Counsel Applicant David Fong Counsel Defendant Davinder Singh Counsel Defendant Koh Swee Yen Counsel Applicant Pang Yi Ching Alessa Counsel Applicant Suhas Malhotra Counsel Defendant Tan Jia Xin Counsel Defendant Tan Yi Wei Nicholas Counsel Defendant Teo Wei Kiat Samuel Counsel Applicant Yeshvant Naidu s/o Ravendra Counsel Applicant

Parties (4)

DOI Applicant DOJ Defendant DOK Defendant DOL Defendant

Summary

DOI applied to set aside an arbitral award alleging breach of natural justice through cut-and-paste copying from prior related arbitration awards, showing the tribunal had prejudged the issues. The SICC set aside the award, finding that extensive and near-identical copying of substantive findings from prior awards demonstrated the majority had predetermined the outcome with a closed mind, constituting a breach of natural justice that prejudiced DOI's rights.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act (Cap 10)
Indian Arbitration Act (Cap 10)
s 31(7)(a) s 31(7)(b) s 31A
Indian Contract Act
s 28
Indian Interest Act
s 2
International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A)
s 24(b)
Limitation Act (Cap 163)

Cases Cited (37)

SG (3)
[2021] SGHC 114 [2024] SGHC(I) 24 [2025] SGCA(I) 2
SLR (32)
[2007] 1 SLR(R) 597 [2007] 1 SLR(R) 85 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 86 [2008] 2 SLR(R) 929 [2008] 3 SLR(R) 871 [2010] 1 SLR 733 [2010] 3 SLR 1 [2010] 4 SLR 672 [2011] 4 SLR 633 [2012] 1 SLR 152 [2012] 1 SLR 457 [2013] 1 SLR 125 [2014] 1 SLR 372 [2014] 1 SLR 814 [2014] 3 SLR 180 [2014] 4 SLR 978 [2015] 1 SLR 114 [2015] 3 SLR 488 [2016] 1 SLR 549 [2018] 1 SLR 317 [2018] 2 SLR 1156 [2019] 2 SLR 131 [2019] 5 SLR 433 [2020] 1 SLR 695 [2021] 1 SLR 276 [2022] 1 SLR 505 [2022] 2 SLR 557 [2023] 1 SLR 55 [2023] 4 SLR 1031 [2024] 1 SLR 1283 [2024] 3 SLR 1370 [2024] 6 SLR 410
UK (2)
[1924] 1 KB 256 [2013] EWCA Civ 587

Cited By (1)

[2025] SGHC(I) 20
DOI v DOJ & 2 Ors

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHC(I) 15)