Gujarat High Court To Host 'GHAC Arbitration Week 2026' On Building Institutional Arbitration Ecosystem
The High Court of Gujarat, in collaboration with the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre (GHAC), is set to organise GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 from 4 to 6 September 2026 at GIFT City Club, Gandhinagar, on the theme “Building Gujarat's Institutional Arbitration Ecosystem.”
The three-day event, themed “Three Days – Three Stakeholders – One Vision,” aims to strengthen institutional arbitration in India and bring together judges, senior advocates, law officers, arbitrators, and representatives of leading domestic and international arbitration institutions.
The inaugural day will feature a keynote address by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Sessions scheduled for the day include discussions on the post-2015 arbitration amendment regime, the 2024 International Bar Association Guidelines on conflicts and disclosures, and institutional arbitration practices. Speakers include Justice Tejas Karia, Judge of the Delhi High Court, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Advocate General of Gujarat Kamal Trivedi, Mihir Thakore, Janak Dwarkadas, Ritin Rai, Shashank Garg, Vivekananda Neelakantan (SIAC), Khushboo Deshmukh (ICC), and Vyapak Desai (MCIA).
On the second day, Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former Judge of the Supreme Court, will deliver a guest address. Sessions will focus on investment treaty arbitration, bilateral investment treaties, the future of investor-state dispute settlement, and private international law in international commercial arbitration. Speakers include N. Venkataraman, Additional Solicitor General of India, Arvind P. Datar, Vijaya Kumar Rajah SC, former Attorney General of Singapore, Darius Khambata, Thomas Williams KC, Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo, and Nish Shetty.
The concluding day will feature a panel discussion titled “A Judge's Wish List of What the Law Ought to Be,” with Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal of the Gujarat High Court, Justice R.V. Raveendran, Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.P. Shah, and Senior Advocate Saurabh Soparkar. Another session will examine the role of technology and artificial intelligence in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, featuring Gourab Banerji, Nakul Dewan KC, Baiju Vasani, Sameer Jain, and Devang Nanavati. The valedictory address on reforms required in India's arbitration regime will be delivered by Attorney General for India R. Venkataramani.
The event seeks to further GHAC's vision of becoming a premier arbitral institution and promote efficient, impartial, and technology-enabled dispute resolution mechanisms.
Registration will be conducted online through the websites of the High Court of Gujarat and GHAC. The programme is open to practising advocates, law firms, law officers, legal advisers of public sector undertakings and industrial associations, as well as arbitrators empanelled with other arbitral institutions.