Pallav Mongia

Mr. Mongia’s arbitration practice spans both domestic and international disputes, combining practical experience with nuanced understanding of arbitral procedure and enforcement. He regularly acts as counsel and arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc proceedings under SIAC, DIAC, and UNCITRAL rules, handling a wide spectrum of commercial disputes across jurisdictions. 

He has represented Indian and foreign clients across Asia and Europe in high-value disputes arising from mining development agreements, construction contracts, supply arrangements, and shareholder and investment conflicts. Some of the significant matters he has worked upon are: 

• SIAC Arbitration (Singapore): Represented India’s largest zinc and silver producer in a dispute over a Mining Development Agreement. 

• Successfully acted for an oil & gas company in a Malaysia-seated UNCITRAL arbitration, defeating an anti-arbitration injunction before both the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India. 

• Represented an Indian importer in a SIAC arbitration involving the supply of coal from Indonesia.  

• Acted in LCIA award enforcement proceedings involving a shipping contract dispute 

• Appeared in a DIAC arbitration involving a joint development agreement for urban infrastructure in Delhi.  

• Representing one of India’s largest private insurers in a domestic arbitration concerning highway insurance claims in Rajasthan. The matter focuses on the insurer’s liability for reinstatement, the application of depreciation clauses and the scope of policy indemnity for infrastructure repairs. Our role involves steering technical proof of loss, coordinating forensic engineering evidence and advancing legal arguments on interpretation of policy provisions.  

• Representing an Indian drone and AI company in award enforcement proceedings arising from a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration. 

• Acting in a multi-tiered ad hoc arbitration involving interlinked agreements under a Government of India tender—spanning principal-agent-subcontractor disputes in the infrastructure sector. 

• Argued before the Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court wherein the Hon’ble Court for the first time authoritatively held that Indian Courts possess limited power to modify arbitral awards (Gayatri Balasamy v ISG Novasoft Technologies Ltd). 

• Argued before the Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India wherein the Hon’ble Court determined the validity of the ‘Group of Companies doctrine’ under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (Cox & Kings Ltd v SAP India Pvt Ltd). 

• Appeared before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a case involving the question of enforceability of arbitration agreements in unstamped instruments (In Re: Interplay between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and the Indian Stamp Act). 

Beyond advocacy, Mr. Mongia brings adjudicative experience to his arbitration practice. As an empanelled arbitrator with the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre (GIMAC), and as a member of the Young Steering Committee of the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Hyderabad, he has presided over and rendered awards in commercial disputes involving complex contractual and MSME issues. His appointments have included service and supply disputes requiring meticulous fact-finding and precise legal analysis.