Our Partner, Sidharth Sethi, was invited as a speaker by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice (DLA MoL&J) and the India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) at the National Conference on “Institutional Arbitration: An Effective Framework For Dispute Resolution”.

This Conference, held on 14 June 2025 at the Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi was organised by DLA MoL&J in collaboration with IIAC and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC).

The keynote address was delivered by Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), MoL&J, in the distinguished presence of Dr. Anju Rathi Rana, Secretary, DLA, Mr. K. Moses Chalai, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Sh. Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman – ONGC and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta (Retd.), Chairperson – IIAC.

Sidharth spoke on the topic, “Best Practices During Arbitral Process: A Discourse”. The other esteemed panellists included:
• Ms. Sandhya Yadav, CGM-Chief Legal Services, ONGC;
• Mr. Amit Jindal, Head-Legal, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons;
• Ms. Smitha Sehgal, DGM (Legal), Engineers India Ltd.;
• Mr. Hasit Seth, Independent Counsel, Arbitrator & Mediator.

The session was moderated by Mr. Vikas Mahendra, Partner, Keystone Partners.

Also present on the occasion were senior officials of DLA and various Central Public Sector Undertakings.

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