GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 to bring together four SC judges, former judges, leading arbitration practitioners, others

The Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre (GHAC) is set to host GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 from September 3 to 6, 2026.

The theme for the Arbitration Week is "Three stakeholders, three days, one vision" and is centred around building Gujarat's institutional arbitration ecosystem.

The four-day programme will bring together judges, senior advocates, government law officers and international arbitration practitioners for discussions on developments in domestic and international arbitration.

The opening ceremony will be held on September 3, while the substantive sessions of the arbitration week will take place from September 4 to 6.

The programme will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions and sessions on the evolution of India's arbitration regime and its engagement with international arbitration.

The conference examines a variety of themes. Not only does it reflect on how the law has moved forward since 2015, but it also looks at amendments required for a healthier arbitration regime. Moreover, it includes contemporary themes such as the use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration and conflict of law issues that arise in international arbitration.

Guests:

• Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat

• Justice PS Narasimha, Supreme Court of India

• Justice KV Viswanathan, Supreme Court of India

• Justice NV Anjaria, Supreme Court of India

• Justice Vipul M Pancholi, Supreme Court of India

• Harsh Sanghavi, Deputy Chief Minister and Law & Justice Minister, Gujarat

• Kaushik Vekariya, Minister of State for Law & Justice, Gujarat

Keynote and guest speakers:

• Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, former Judge, Supreme Court of India; former Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore; former Attorney General of Singapore; Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration

• Justice L Nageswara Rao, former Judge, Supreme Court of India

• Vijaya Kumar Rajah SC, former Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore; former Attorney General of Singapore; Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration

• R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India

Session-wise programme

Session: “The Post-2015 Amendment Era – Where have we progressed? & IBA Guidelines 2024: Conflicts, Disclosure & Arbitration Independence”

Speakers:

• Justice Tejas Karia, Delhi High Court

• Justice MR Shah, former Judge, Supreme Court of India

• Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta

• Advocate General of Gujarat Kamal Trivedi

• Senior Advocate Janak Dwarkadas

• Senior Advocate Mihir Thakore

Moderator: Senior Advocate Shalin Mehta

Session: “An Introduction to Investment Treaty Arbitration, BIT, Future of ISDS”

Speakers: 

• Additional Solicitor General of India N Venkataraman

• Senior Advocate Arvind Datar

Session: "Rules of Private International Law in International Commercial Arbitration"

Speakers:

• Vijaya Kumar Rajah SC, former Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore; former Attorney General of Singapore; Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration

• Senior Advocate Darius Khambata; former Advocate General, Maharashtra; former ASGI; former Vice Chairman, LCIA

• Thomas Williams KC, Barrister & King's Counsel

• Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo Nadarajah, President, AIADR (Malaysia) and Director, AIAC

• Nish Shetty, Partner, Clifford Chance

Moderator:  Anirudh Krishnan, Advocate and Barrister

Session: “Institutional Arbitration Practices”

Speakers:

• Senior Advocate Ritin Rai

• Vivekananda Neelakantan, Registrar, SIAC

• Khushboo Deshmukh, Deputy Director, South Asia, ICC International Court of Arbitration

• Senior Advocate Shashank Garg, Court Member, LCIA

• Vyapak Desai, Advocate and Member, MCIA

Session: “Technology & AI in the Proceedings of International and Domestic Arbitration”

Speakers:

• Senior Advocate Gourab Banerji, former ASGI

• Senior Advocate Nakul Dewan, King's Counsel

• Baiju Vasani, Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex

• Sameer Jain, Advocate and ICC Member

Moderator: Senior Advocate Devang Nanavati

Session: “A Judge's Wish List of What the Law Ought to Be”

Speakers:

• Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court

• Justice RV Raveendran, former Judge, Supreme Court of India

• Justice AK Sikri, former Judge, Supreme Court of India

• Justice AP Shah, former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court

Moderator: Senior Advocate Saurabh N Soparkar

Valedictory: “What Changes Must India Bring into the Arbitration Regime?”

Speaker: Attorney General for India R Venkataramani

Registration details:

Registrations for GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 are currently open. The event will be held at GIFT City Club, Gandhinagar, from September 4 to 6, 2026.

Click here to register.

The registration fee is ₹5,000 for law firms, corporates/companies, arbitral institutions and arbitrators.

Participation is limited to 250 seats. Registrations will be confirmed strictly on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability of seats.

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